Package: open-vm-tools-desktop Version: 2:10.1.15-1
I thought there was already a bug about this in Debian. There is at Canonical: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1639222 . There is an issue on github: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/207 . TL;DR: the unit run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount is neither started nor enabled started on install, and removing the package open-vm-tools-desktop fails because of errors. This is in Debian/sid, updated just today (01/02/2018): vmware@debian:~$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop ... Unpacking open-vm-tools (2:10.1.15-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-desktop. Preparing to unpack .../6-open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a10.1.15-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.1.15-1) ... ... Setting up open-vm-tools (2:10.1.15-1) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/open-vm-tools.service → /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.requires/vgauth.service → /lib/systemd/system/vgauth.service. Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.1.15-1) ... Failed to preset unit: Unit file run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount does not exist. /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount: No such file or directory Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount: No such file or directory run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.25-6) ... Processing triggers for systemd (236-2) ... vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount ● run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount - VMware vmblock fuse mount Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Where: /run/vmblock-fuse What: vmware-vmblock-fuse Docs: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/vmblock-fuse/design.txt vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl start run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount ● run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount - VMware vmblock fuse mount Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (mounted) since Tue 2018-01-02 14:35:43 PST; 1s ago Where: /run/vmblock-fuse What: vmware-vmblock Docs: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/vmblock-fuse/design.txt Process: 4371 ExecMount=/bin/mount vmware-vmblock-fuse /run/vmblock-fuse -t fuse -o subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 3 (limit: 19660) CGroup: /system.slice/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount └─4375 vmware-vmblock-fuse /run/vmblock-fuse -o rw,subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other,dev,suid Jan 02 14:35:43 debian systemd[1]: Mounting VMware vmblock fuse mount... Jan 02 14:35:43 debian systemd[1]: Mounted VMware vmblock fuse mount. On removing the package, I see the error. open-vm-tools is removed, but open-vm-tools-desktop is not: vmware@debian:~$ sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools [sudo] password for vmware: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: ethtool libdumbnet1 libmspack0 libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-openssl zerofree Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 266 not upgraded. After this operation, 2,651 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 147604 files and directories currently installed.) Removing open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.1.15-1) ... Failed to stop run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount: Unit run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount not loaded. dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools-desktop (--remove): installed open-vm-tools-desktop package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5 Failed to preset unit: Unit file run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount does not exist. /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount: No such file or directory Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount: No such file or directory run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. dpkg: open-vm-tools: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: open-vm-tools-desktop depends on open-vm-tools (= 2:10.1.15-1). Removing open-vm-tools (2:10.1.15-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: open-vm-tools-desktop E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) vmware@debian:~$ dpkg -l open-vm-tools* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=============================================-===========================-===========================-=============================================================================================== rc open-vm-tools 2:10.1.15-1 amd64 Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI) ii open-vm-tools-desktop 2:10.1.15-1 amd64 Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI) vmware@debian:~$ Editing the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/open-vm-tools-desktop.prerm to remove the quotes makes the removal work: #!/bin/sh set -e # workaround to avoid upgrade failures. pkill -USR1 -f '(vmtoolsd.*vmusr|vmware-user)' || true if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then deb-systemd-invoke stop run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount >/dev/null || true fi # Automatically added by dh_systemd_start/10.9.2 if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] && [ "$1" = remove ]; then # deb-systemd-invoke stop 'run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount' >/dev/null <----- original line deb-systemd-invoke stop run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount >/dev/null fi # End automatically added section The code snippet is added by dh_systemd_start (see comment), which is part of another package (debhelper I think).
