> [1]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152
> Please give this PPA a test and let us know if its a good candidate for an SRU to xenial. Env: VMs:ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64 and ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64 open-vm-tools version: 10.2.0.1608(build-7253323) from ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152 Result: Two errors are found when install open-vm-tools related packages from untrusted PPA by adding ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152 1) VGAuathServices is not running because /lib/systemd/system/vgauth.service is missing when update to / install open-vm-tools 10.2.0 (Note: refer https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm- tools/+bug/1677196 for the fix) 2) get error message as follows when type "apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop" /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error:unable to read run-vmblock-fuse.mount Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblock-fuse.mount:No such file or directory. (Note: This is a known bug at Canonical: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1639222. In fact this issue has been fixed in ubuntu 17.10 with bundled open-vm-tools-desktop version 2:10.1.10-3ubuntu0.1 and ubuntu 18.04 with bundled open-vm-tools-desktop 10.2.0-3ubuntu2) Steps: 1) add repository sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152 sudo apt-get update 2) update to / install open-vm-tools 10.2.0, and then check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd 3) reboot guestOS and check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd 4) uninstall open-vm-tools and then check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox- cmd 5) reboot guestOS and check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd 6) install/uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741390 Title: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xenial-backports/+bug/1741390/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
