Virtualbox host modules meta package - update request

Feedback Feature Request
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Hey Packagers,

If someone has some time would they mind updating the meta virtual box host modules package to remove kernel 5-10 or make it optional? With 5-15 being the latest LTS kernel for manjaro I would love to tidy up and remove 5-10.

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Just to clarify, which package are you talking about exactly? I can only find these:

$ pacman -Ss virtualbox-host
extra/linux414-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-2 (linux414-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux419-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-2 (linux419-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux44-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-3 (linux44-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux49-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-2 (linux49-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux510-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-8 (linux510-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux515-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-8 (linux515-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux516-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-8 (linux516-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux517-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-0.4 (linux517-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
extra/linux54-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-7 (linux54-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
community/linux515-rt-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-7 (linux515-rt-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
community/linux516-rt-virtualbox-host-modules 6.1.32-3 (linux516-rt-extramodules)
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
community/virtualbox-host-dkms 6.1.32-2
    VirtualBox Host kernel modules sources

and out of those virtualbox-host-dkms does not depend on any kernel.

The other ones do depend on their respective kernel - but that should not be a problem. Just remove them as well when removing the kernel.

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it’s in pamac, it doesn’t show as from a repo just a meta-package that keeps the latest version installed.

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linux-latest-xxx or linux-lts-xxx metapackages are not part of Manjaro packages since long time, remove them. It is even shown on your screenshot, they don’t belong to any repository.

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That does not exist anymore.

Then remove it and install a repo package. It seems you have neither been following #announcements posts nor reviewing your update logs. You still have some old, deprecated packages installed.

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roger that, thanks for letting me know.

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