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doragasu

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Registered: 2012-03-03

Posts: 152

Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

Today I upgraded my system and VirtualBox was not launching anymore. Trying to launch it from the terminal, it errored about not finding "libQt5X11Extras.so.5". Installing qt5-x11extras solved the problem.

Could this be a bug or is there anything wrong with my system?

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,098

Re: Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

No, it is not a bug. Read the pacman output

hoschi

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From: Ulm (Germany)

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 458

Re: Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

I'm sorry. But I also missed the 'output', neither in '/var/log/pacman.log' nor in the PKGBUILD.

// edit
Ah! You are writing about the usual optdepend output!
Hmm. It is a regular update, so an extra message is not required! In this case it would be maybe a good idea to break the rule and write and log a message about qt5-x11extras?

Last edited by hoschi (2016-07-18 12:19:22)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,559

Re: Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

Why? This is pretty basics stuff. Pacman told you about the new optional dep when you install the new package.

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

seems AL devs think it's not that simple, http://archlinux.2023198.n4.nabble.com/ … 11809.html

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phw

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 318

Re: Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

Why? This is pretty basics stuff. Pacman told you about the new optional dep when you install the new package.

I actually missed that one line, too, and it is at least unexpected if the main binary of the package stops working after an upgrade. It was not a big deal for me because I always check if an optional dependency is missing if some package does not work as expected and the startup error was rather clear what was going on. But I agree with the issue raised in the ML, let's see what will be discussed there as a solution.

hoschi

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From: Ulm (Germany)

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 458

Re: Latest VirtualBox should depend on qt5-x11extras

Why? This is pretty basics stuff. Pacman told you about the new optional dep when you install the new package.

It is pretty basic stuff, nothing is wrong with the packaging, but:

• The output scrolls.

• So you have to scroll up on your own

  • Which will not work, if the scroll-buffer is not large enough or you switch the TTY during operation

  • The scroll-buffer is also an issue for screen or graphical-ttys

• The log /var/log/pacman.log doesn't contain this information

In practive, you have notice the problem and do a "pacman -Qi virtualbox". I highlighted was is the real issue here, from my point of view.

Last edited by hoschi (2016-07-21 12:41:33)