Bug 264721

Summary:	app-emulation/virtualbox-ose shouldn't depend on bridge-utils anymore
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Kevin Lyles <kevinlyles>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Markus Ullmann (RETIRED) <jokey>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	patrick, swapon
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Kevin Lyles 2009-04-03 01:41:37 UTC

VrtualBox OSE no longer requires bridge-utils to use any of the network options available in the VirtualBox GUI.  I believe the change happened with version 2.1.0, as they changed the way networking was handled in that release.

I have tested each networking option without bridge-utils installed on my system and everything works.

I would assume the binary version works the same way, but I do not have it installed and can't afford to lose the OSE version while I test it.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Alessio Cassibba (X-Drum) 2009-04-29 09:34:09 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
[..]

True, net-misc/bridge-utils and sys-apps/usermode-utilities are no longer required
as *mandatory* dependencies for "standard" virtualbox networking.

On a side note is still possible to use TAP interfaces in certain advanced
setups (in conjunction with bridge-utils) since is possible to connect
the guest network interface to any host interface.

Comment 2 Kevin Lyles 2009-04-29 13:48:12 UTC

I would argue that since such advanced setups require you to go through and configure bridge-utils manually, the users that need it will also be able to (and know to) install bridge-utils.  At the very least it could be made into a use flag.

Comment 3 Alessio Cassibba (X-Drum) 2009-04-30 15:04:39 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> I would argue that since such advanced setups require you to go through and
> configure bridge-utils manually, the users that need it will also be able to
> (and know to) install bridge-utils.  At the very least it could be made into a
> use flag.
> 

Yes, i agree with this so i just updated the:
virtualbox-ose-2.2.2
virtualbox-obin-2.2.2

ebuilds and added a warning in postinst, ebuilds are on jokey's overlay[1]

[1] http://overlays.gentoo.org/dev/jokey

Comment 4 Kevin Lyles 2009-06-27 19:17:30 UTC

These have been included in the portage tree, marking as fixed.

However, the -9999 ebuild still lists it and should probably also be updated.