On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 09:17:25PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 07.03.2013 21:07, schrieb Brian Reichert: > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:54:04PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> for RHEL you find binary RPMS and even yum-repos fro the VMware-Tools > >> > >> http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html > >> http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0u2/rhel6/x86_64/index.html > >> http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0u2/rhel5/x86_64/index.html > > > > These are not open source, and there is no corresponding source > > code available for them > > so what - your host-OS is also not opensource
For my employer, we have to overcome certain issues to utilize this software, esp as there are no RPMs available from our vendor (CentOS). I don't have to agree with my employer's policies, I'm just suck with them. > saying that: look in the changelog, in a short you can expect > that there is no way to install open-vm-tools on kernels > of LTS guest systems becuse you will lack many things which > are never in RHEL5/6 What does 'LTS' mean in this context? The NEWS file of open-vm-tools spans back to 2007.09.04. RHEL5 was released six months prior, in 2007.3.14. Are you saying that in the last _five years_ no one's successfully built any version of open-vm-rools for RHEL5? -- Brian Reichert <reich...@numachi.com> BSD admin/developer at large ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
