On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:41 AM, jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 05/13/2015 04:33 PM, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>> On 05/13/2015 02:34 PM, jd1008 wrote: >>>> >>>> I am curious as to why Oracle decided not to build and distribute >>>> VB built with latest Fedora release. >>>> >>>> I sent the question to Oracle. Awaiting their reply. >>>> >>> The RPMs are there: >>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/21/ >> >> That is a symlink to the Fedora 18 builds. >> > And you are offering an explanation???? > > There are no builds of VM built under fc21 > on the VB website!!!! > That is why they are labeled as fedora18. > The apps and libs are all built under fc18. > Once you install the rpm on fc21, then the > installer will build the fc21 modules, assuming > the installer has kernel-dev for fc21's kernel > version installed. If the binary works on Fedora 18 and above then what's the problem with only providing a single binary for all of them? Binary compatibility is perhaps not that great all the time on GNU/Linux, but when it works I don't see a reason for not using it. John -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
