I was beginning to work on a port of open-vm-tools for
OpenServer 6.0.0 and thought that I would start from the
"stable" version posted June 2010. The intent was to avoid
any issues associated with the bleeding edge of features and
then to catch up
As I progress, I am beginning to wonder about the relative
dates of that source base.
While the:
- date of the tar file
- dates on the files in that bundle (strangely all June 1, 2010)
- the build number in the tar file name
open-vm-tools-8.4.2-261024.tar.gz
suggest that the source release contains source that
comes later than say the March 2010 release
open-vm-tools-2010.03.20-243334.tar.gz
, I am finding discrepancies that makes me seriously
question my assumption.
1. The most current entry in the ChangeLog files is a
2009-03-18 entry.
2. directory contents differences, such as:
- late 2009 (2009.09.18-193784) lib/user had 4 source files:
hostinfo.c
hostinfoPosix2.c
util.c
utilPosix.c
- 2010.03.20-243334 lib/user contained only a single source
util.c
- "stable" release 8.4.2-261024 lib/user contains the 4 source
files (of June 1, 2010)
hostinfo.c
hostinfoPosix2.c
util.c
utilPosix.c
- top-of-tree 2011.04.25-402641 /lib/contains only the single
source file
util.c
My thought was to start with a stable version for a
port to a new OS, but:
1. How far behind the top-of-tree is that "stable" release?
2. How often does open-vm-tools make or intend to make "stable"
releases?
Thanks for any information/guidance that you can share.
John Wolfe (j...@sco.com)
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