[Bug 1502539] Re: open-vm-tools-dkms 2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

[Tobias Wolter]

Seriously, just upgrade the source code or compile with less strict
error checking, that's the whole issue here:

/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:59:21: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
    .follow_link   = HgfsFollowlink,
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:59:21: note: (near initialization for ‘HgfsLinkInodeOperations.follow_link’)
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:61:21: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
    .put_link      = HgfsPutlink,
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:61:21: note: (near initialization for ‘HgfsLinkInodeOperations.put_link’)
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c: In function ‘HgfsFollowlink’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:127:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘nd_set_link’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
          nd_set_link(nd, fileName);
          ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c: In function ‘HgfsPutlink’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:238:15: error: implicit declaration of function ‘nd_get_link’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
    fileName = nd_get_link(nd);
               ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.c:238:13: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
    fileName = nd_get_link(nd);
             ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/vmhgfs/link.o' failed

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  open-vm-tools-dkms 2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3: open-vm-tools kernel
  module failed to build

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