[Bug 921389] Re: open-vm-dkms 2011.07.19-450511-0ubuntu2: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

[Serge Hallyn]

CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/file.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/file.c:128:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/file.c:128:4: warning: (near initialization for ‘HgfsFileFileOperations.fsync’) [enabled by default]
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/filesystem.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/fsutil.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/fsutil.c: In function ‘HgfsChangeFileAttributes’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/fsutil.c:610:4: error: assignment of read-only member ‘i_nlink’
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs/fsutil.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmhgfs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-10-generic'
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2

...

  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.o
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.c:35:0:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.07.19/build/vmxnet/./shared/compat_netdevice.h:187:0: warning: "alloc_netdev" redefined [enabled by default]
include/linux/netdevice.h:2443:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
...


** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Confirmed

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  open-vm-dkms 2011.07.19-450511-0ubuntu2: open-vm-tools kernel module
  failed to build

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