[Bug 1100096] Re: open-vm-dkms 2012.10.14-874563-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

[Hugo van der Wijst]

The package from Nate fixes most compilation errors, except for the
following:

/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.12.26/build/vmhgfs/inode.c: In function ‘HgfsTruncatePages’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.12.26/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:888:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmtruncate’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors


Apparently, the vmtruncate method got removed in the following kernel commit: 7898575fc81bd707ce0844cb06874d48e39bbe09

I've got the tools compiling by copying the contents of the vmtruncate
method before it was removed. See the attached patch. Please note that I
have remove the call to the truncate method of the inode, as it does not
exist anymore. I don't know if this is correct.

** Patch added: "open-vm-tools.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1100096/+attachment/3486401/+files/open-vm-tools.patch

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  open-vm-dkms 2012.10.14-874563-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module
  failed to build

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