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This is (for me at least) a much better way of doing things than the existing 5.0.40 slackbuild, because:
More likely to work with the latest version unchanged
No need to download the sources from anywhere, if you build on the VirtualBox VM then you just copy the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run file from the mounted CD into the build directory, that's your 'source' file
No need to manually create any init scripts as documented on the slackbuild README because the additions installer does it for you.
No need to specify any version for the package, it's pulled out of the Additions installer.
Since this isn't a proper slackbuild I won't be submitting it anywhere, I'm not saying the original slackbuild doesn't have its place just that I didn't have time to fix it, and I'm pretty sure this was the faster way.
Another news: vboxsf included in vanilla kernel 5.4_rc7 (vboxguest and vboxvideo already included).
Maybe kernel part of GA will come from stock kernel soon...
Distribution: VM Host: Slackware-current, VM Guests: Artix, Venom, antiX, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OpenIndiana
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Another news: vboxsf included in vanilla kernel 5.4_rc7 (vboxguest and vboxvideo already included).
Maybe kernel part of GA will come from stock kernel soon...
and it works. Just tested in Slackware VM client. Obviously shared clipboard is not yet there
Distribution: VM Host: Slackware-current, VM Guests: Artix, Venom, antiX, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OpenIndiana
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What happens when you run the VB Additions installer? Does it figure out what's going on or still try to compile its own modules?
Impossible as VB Additions is not compatible with 5.4.rc-x
You will have to wait a bit.
Anyway, for kernel vboxsf to work I had to uninstall VboxAdditions first.
@bormant
I know that shared clipboard is not a part of kernel support yet. I was just emphasizing that if someone wants to take kernel approach, some functionality is missing.
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