debdiff for open-vm-tools against the package in Ubuntu. It overrides dh-gencontrol instead of using dh-modaliases which is Ubuntu specific so it can be integrated into upstream packaging.
The PR has been proposed upstream: https://github.com/bzed/pkg-open-vm- tools/pull/20 ** Patch removed: "open-vm-tools_10.3.5-7_10.3.5-7ubuntu1.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1819207/+attachment/5244819/+files/open-vm-tools_10.3.5-7_10.3.5-7ubuntu1.debdiff ** Patch added: "open-vm-tools_10.3.5-7_10.3.5-7ubuntu1.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1819207/+attachment/5245596/+files/open-vm-tools_10.3.5-7_10.3.5-7ubuntu1.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819207 Title: Add Modaliases to open-vm-tools-desktop to allow automatic installation by ubuntu-drivers Status in open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: On Ubuntu Desktop, we want to install automatically at installation time open-vm-tools-desktop and its dependencies to provide an improved user experience on first boot after installation of the guest, and provide an easy way to install the drivers after installation if they have not been installed at installation time. It means adding an XB-Modaliases field to the control file for the record 'open-vm-tools-desktop' so ubuntu-drivers can detect the packages to install when running in a VMware guest. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.19.0-13.14-generic 4.19.20 Uname: Linux 4.19.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu23 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Mar 8 20:02:49 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-15 (1697 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140520) SourcePackage: open-vm-tools UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2018-03-24 (349 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1819207/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

