Bug#780798: wheezy-pu: package open-vm-tools/2:8.8.0+2012.05.21-724730-1+nmu2+deb7u1

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 21:32 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> Depending on the way people are using the vmware modules, they can't update
> their kernel without breaking things.
> On the other hand, upgrading to jessie should work just fine, too.
> 
> I'm not keen on the extra work to get it updates via w-u, but depending on when
> the next point release might happen it might make sense to do it to make our
> users happy.

Well it's not really any extra work for you. ;-)

I'll try and sort this out over the next couple of days, but in the
meantime how does this sound? (Comments from others welcome too.)

"
The open-vm-tools package contains tools for working with VMWare
systems, including the ability to build some related kernel modules
on-demand ("DKMS").

The version of open-vm-tools in Wheezy is no longer compatible with the
kernel currently shipped in Wheezy. This update resolves the
incompatibility by allowing open-vm-tools to build against both older
and newer Wheezy kernels.
"

Regards,

Adam