[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#556595: Re: Bug#556595: virtualbox-ose-source: missing dependency on kbuild

[Michael Meskes]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 08:46:56AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Why is dkms the preferred way? It integrates the modules into the system

I'd say because it's the only way to provide modules without manual
intervention. Please keep in mind that linux-modules-extra has been/will be
removed from Debian.

> much uncleaner than the old-fashioned ways that build .debs and then
> proceed to install them. And it doesn't allow to separate "building"
> and "running" on two different systems.

Nobody forces you to use dkms.

Michael
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