#982460 cloud.debian.org: Vagrant images: vbguest plugin fails to find linux-headers-* package

#982460#5
Date:
2021-02-10 14:04:36 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

for all Vagrant boxes on running vagrant up with vbguest additions, this error is found "Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.9.0-12-amd64".

As far as I was able to debug, new kernel version 4.9.0-14 is available in repository and verison 4.9.0-12 is not available anymore in repository. Since linux headers are not available vboxfs mount fails.

I think an update of all boxes for new kernel headers is needed.

Best regards,
Uros

#982460#10
Date:
2021-02-11 17:21:39 UTC
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Hi Uros
Thanks for your interest for the Vagrant boxes.
There are two ways you can solve this:
- either you use the box debian/contrib-buster64 which comes with the
guest additions preinstall, and you remove the vbguest plugin so that it
does not try to reinstall the extensions
- or you simply install the last version of linux-headers-amd64 in box
you have
apt install linux-headers-amd64
and restart the box

Tell me if that works for you.

Note that in the future  (starting in the forthcoming Debian 11 -
Bullseye) the vbguest plugin should be useless as the Linux Kernel has
builtin support for the Virtual Box guest extensions.

#982460#15
Date:
2021-02-27 10:03:21 UTC
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Retitling and marking as wontfix, since we do not support the use of the
vbguest plugin.

Lucas