Patch to correct ebuild below.
Created attachment 112663 [details, diff] virtualbox-additions-1.3.6.ebuild-softlink.patch Just does a softlink in src_install. Now the additions ISO is provided to the guest OS.
Can you give some more info on that symlink? What is it used for? When is it needed? Consider using dosymlink function: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap4
* Guest additions are described here: http://virtualbox.org/download/UserManual.pdf They provide some nice functionality to a guest Linux or Windows OS to make it work more smoothly with the host. Xen, of course, does this full-bore with paravirtualization where the guest has to be ported to its VM. * VirtualBox needs the guest additions ISO to be at /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso, but the official ebuild installs it at /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions_1.3.6.iso * Thanks about "dosymlink" -- I will use it in the future.
(In reply to comment #2) > Can you give some more info on that symlink? > What is it used for? When is it needed? when a VM is started in virtualbox user can mount (and then install) automagically the additions iso file for the guest OS, just selecting "Devices->Install Guest Additions..." This _only works_ if the additions iso file is called: "VBoxGuestAdditions.iso" and placed in "/opt/VirtualBox/additions/" thanks Sourav Mandal for the hint, i think we can fix this using another solution too: removing the version from that filename, because atm there is no need/way to install multiple versions of virtualbox at the same time.
Fixed in CVS, thanks guys :D
