[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#560846: Bug#560846: virtualbox-ose: no longer needs to modprobe vboxdrv

[Michael Gilbert]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:45:07 +0100 Michael Meskes wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 01:41:40PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > since virtualbox now uses dkms, it is no longer necessary to manually
> > modprobe the kernel module in /etc/init.d/virtualbox-ose since that is
> > now automatically done by dkms.
> 
> But only if dkms is indeed used. You don't have to use dkms, there are still
> classical -source packages available for manual build.

does it make sense to provide two ways to do the exact same thing
(especially since one of the options is so much more user-friendly).
that can be confusing and uses extra resourses (to host two differnt
packages).  also, isn't module-assistant deprecated?

mike