open-vm-source doesn't build

In hardy this packet doesn't exist anymore because of alpha quality issues. Why is it present in intrepid then?

I wonder if Intrepid is going to be released with this version of open-vm-tools, which cannot compiled with the release kernel?

In the current state, this package is unusable and broken and should either be fixed or removed.

The open-vm-source package has been included in Intrepid, and does fail to build, so the bug still stands.

Oh, nice. The vmware-tools from ESX do not build and neither does open-vm-source that actually comes with 8.10....

cd /us/src
tar xvfj open-vm.tar.bz2
perl -pi -e 's/#include\ <asm\/semaphore.h>//g' $(find /usr/src/modules/open-vm)
rm open-vm.tar.bz2
tar cvfj open-vm.tar.bz2 modules

Now the module do compile

I think this is an easy SRU fix.

Hum, I do not have any issue to compile it in my intrepid up-to-date pbuilder chroot.
Does anybody can confirm that this problem still exists for him?

Didier: the problem does not occur when building the package, but when building the kernel module using module assistant following the procedure in /usr/share/doc/open-vm-source/README.Debian

There's a clean patch for this problem available in the upstream open-vm-tools bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2071170&group_id=204462&atid=989708

Or a direct link to the patch:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-2008.08.08-2.6.27.kernels.patch

This should apply cleanly to the 2008.08.08 release, which Intrepid is using.

This debdiff incorporates the upstream patch, and the resulting open-vm-source builds successfully here.

Dan, if you think that your debdiff is correct, please assign u-u-s (cf https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess) to get it reviewed and sponsored

If this is for intrepid then it *really* has to follow the SRU process.

Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates.

Requesting sponsorship for the above debdiff -- this fixes the problem for me, and the resulting modules work as expected (although it is particularly affected by #297215). If my understanding of SRU is correct, we need to get this fix tested in Jaunty before we can release it for Intrepid.

Jaunty has a newer version which is unaffected. This simply needs to be fixed via SRU in intrepid.

Any sponsors out there listening? Dan requested sponsorship for his bug fix 10 days ago and it doesn't look like there's been any action towards getting the package fixed since. This bug renders open-vm-source unusable on Intrepid, so it would be really nice to see it fixed.

In an effort to make some forward progress, I'm going to reassign to u-u-s (as recommended by Didier), though I'm not sure if that's the correct procedure.

Hi,

I uploaded it but not the way it is was at first. Since intrepid has closed it has to go into proposed, as well as the version number was wrong since this is an SRU.

Regards
chuck

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Works for me, thanks (using a Workstation 6.5 host).

I've found a few other issues, but I'll file separate bug reports for them.

Works for me as well (ESXi 3.5 host).

Now it is uploaded, we can remove Ubuntu Sponsors for universe for affected / subscriptions.

changing the tag as it hs been verified by two persons.

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools - 2008.08.08-109361-1ubuntu2.1

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open-vm-tools (2008.08.08-109361-1ubuntu2.1) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Upstream patch to make open-vm-source compatible with Intrepid's kernel (LP: #278711)

 -- Dan Sheridan <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:11:47 +0000

This bug still persist in Karmic.
m-a fails to build modules.

# dpkg -l opnen-vm-source

ii open-vm-source 2009.07.22-179896-2 Source for VMware guest systems driver

# uname -a
Linux denese 2.6.31-14-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 15:22:42 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

I also attach m-a log file:
open-vm-source.buildlog.2.6.31-14-generic-pae.1256898385

I think this is important to be fixed before 10.4 LTS version in server for VM machines with vmware.
We have several VM server machines with 8.04 and open-vm installed in my company. That machines can not be upgraded to the LTS, as without these modules for vmware-tools will not suspend properly, besides other interesting features (like time synchronize, etc).

Please, REOPEN this bug in karmic. I repeat open-vm modules does not compile in karmic kernels. It is very problematic for the virtualized servers i mantain in my company.
I think it should be solved before Lucid.

This problem seems to have been resolved in Lucid and compile open-vm correctly.