Bug#631908: boinc-client: looks for virtualbox-related binaries, for an unknown reason

[Raphael Geissert]

Package: boinc-client
Version: 6.12.22+dfsg-1

Hi,

For an unknown (read: undocumented) reason the BOINC client attempts to 
execute /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage.
From searching on a few websites it appears that BOINC gained, or is in the 
process of gaining, support for using VirtualBox to run distributed tasks. 
However, it is not documented anywhere how exactly it works, how to disable 
it, etc.

So, please document it and offer a way to disable it. Just because the host 
happens to have virtualbox installed doesn't mean that a) it is usable, b) 
there are enough resources, c) put simply, that it should use it.

Cheers,
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Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer
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