[ open-vm-tools-Tracker-2901419 ] RPM packaging error - "default" symlink; RHEL5

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Tracker item #2901419, was opened at 2009-11-20 16:22
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Category: kernel modules
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: dan pritts (danpritts)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: RPM packaging error - "default" symlink; RHEL5

Initial Comment:
Hi,

(sorry if this is the wrong place to report this; vmware web site is user-hostile)

just installed the RPMs from http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/3.5u4/rhel5/x86_64.

I chose not to install the vmware-proprietary RPMs, since the vmdesched stuff was not
particularly interesting to us.

I discovered that the vmware-tools-kmod RPM creates the symlink /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/default, 
which is required if you  are not identified as running ga/u1/u2/u3.  

Unfortunately the open-vm-tools-kmod RPM does NOT create this symlink, so if i dont' install the vmware- RPM
(or make the link myself, of course), i don't get any working kernel modules.  Which is kind of a bummer.

I don't know if both RPMs can install the link; if only one is allowed to do it, it should be the open-vm-tools-kmod
RPM, since that one is required and the other is optional

thanks
danno

[root@tsgdev0 ~]# rpm -qa open-vm\*
open-vm-tools-common-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64
open-vm-tools-nox-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64
open-vm-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64
[root@tsgdev0 ~]# uname -a
Linux tsgdev0.internet2.edu 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Oct 27 11:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@tsgdev0 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)
[root@tsgdev0 ~]# rpm -qlp /tmp/vmware/
open-vm-tools-common-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-nox-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm
vmware-tools-common-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm
vmware-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm
vmware-tools-nox-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm
[root@tsgdev0 ~]# rpm -qlp /tmp/vmware/vmware-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm 
/usr/lib/vmware-tools
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/default
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/ga
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/ga/smp


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