Re: [open-vm-tools-devel] tools.conf and open-vm-tools distro packages

[Adar D. <ad...@vm...>]

> > Back in the June 20th code refresh we changed how vmware-guestd relays
> versioning information to the host. Now, one can now set a key/value pair
> in tools.conf which will cause the open-vm-tools to "opt-out" of VMware's
> Tools upgrading infrastructure. At the time I don't think we advertised
> this change loudly, but we should have: ALL OPEN-VM-TOOLS PACKAGES SHOULD
> MAKE USE OF THIS MECHANISM. I've added a paragraph describing the key/value
> pair to the open-vm-tools packaging wiki (in the vmware-guestd section).
> More details follow.
> >
>
> What is the key/value pair that should be set to do this?

disable-tools-version = TRUE