I was able to get the open-vm-tools package to build on hardy. I grabbed the latest source release open-vm-tools_2008.10.10-123053-2 (from jaunty). All that I had to change was the debhelper compatibility level to 6 in a couple of places and remove dh_lintian from the rules file. (See attached patch). I was able to get all the packages to build. I tested that the kernel module could be compiled with module- assistant, and the modules seem to be working properly on my test VM.
As I mentioned before, I have minimal packaging experience so help me out with anything I missed. I am hoping that some one with more experience can take this information and turn it into something more official. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help this process along. - Lowell ** Attachment added: "Packaging change to build under 8.04" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19810298/hardy_backport.patch -- Please backport open-vm-source (and -tools) from intrepid/debian sources https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252663 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
