[Bug 252663] Re: Please backport open-vm-source (and -tools) from intrepid/debian sources

[Lowell Alleman]

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

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Please backport open-vm-source (and -tools) from intrepid/debian sources
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