Re: open-vm-tools: still alive? Build against kernel 3.19.0

[Reindl H. <h.r...@th...>]

where do you need open-vm-tools to build against a recent kernel?

any kernel modules are gone upstream long ago
hence --without-kernel-modules on a recent kernel

Am 19.02.2015 um 14:41 schrieb Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar:
> It has been a very long time since open-vm-tools has seen an official
> update and it seems distributions are just all trying to 'keep it
> floating', mainly with every kernel update there is something
> differently breaking.
>
> Of course it got much better already, as most kernel modules are
> merged inline, and the tools are merely just 'tools', but to my
> records there is still need for the  vmhgfs kernel modules (for proper
> sharing between host/guest)
>
> The last release of open-vm-tools was 9.4.6 (Jul 2014); and the number
> of patches to carry does not give a great feeling (openSUSE's package
> can ge found at
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/open-vm-tools-KMP
>   )
>
> I'd be looking forward to a release once in a while, that is keeping
> up with the kernel as needed