[Invalid] Gentoo: No rule to make ... VBoxDnDGuestR3Lib.a

[frank]

I just used the official VirtualBox-5.0.0_RC1.tar.bz2 archive and configured the tree like described above. I don't see any problem, it builds fine here. As you guys are using the Gentoo package, is it possible that Gentoo did some modifications to the original sources?

[mmokrejs]

Hi Frank, here you can see how Gentoo patches/configures/compiles the packages: http://gpo.zugaina.org/app-emulation/vi ... -additions . I am sure if you email Lars Wendler (polynomial at ...) at Gentoo here will explain you the changes. He also hit this error as I contacted him about 2 weeks ago.

On a general note, 4.3.28 packages work fine so in general, the process should be correct one. did something change in the source tree layout of 5.0.0._beta* and later? also note other packages from 5.0.0_beta* work fine on Gentoo.

[mmokrejs]

Are you sure that you posted the correct LocalConfig.kmk file? Could you also post AutoConfig.kmk? The library which you are looking for is defined in src/VBox/GuestHost/DragAndDrop/Makefile.kmk. But this file is only active if certain make variables are not disabled.

So I also re-tried, this time with rc1. The config files are attached. I could send you via email the whole "build.log" file (3.5MB) where you can see the output from all steps during patching/configuration/compilation.

[frank]

Thanks. Actually the build script is wrong:

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src_compile() {
        for each in /src/VBox/{Runtime,Additions/common} \
                /src/VBox/Additions/linux/sharedfolders ; do
                        cd "${S}"${each} || die
                        MAKE="kmk" \
                        emake TOOL_YASM_AS=yasm \
                        KBUILD_VERBOSE=2
        ....

The correct way to build the Guest Additions is to call

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kmk VBOX_ONLY_ADDITIONS=1

from the root of the source tree.

To say it explicitly: This is a bug in the Gentoo script, not a bug in the VirtualBox tarball.