vmware-tools-patches

These bash scripts allow you to easily apply multiple patches to a VMwareTools-*.tar.gz file.

It has been tested with the following files:

• VMwareTools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz (VMWare Workstation 10.0.2 & 10.0.3)
• VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637.tar.gz (VMWare Workstation 10.0.1)
• VMwareTools-9.6.0-1294478.tar.gz (VMWare Workstation 10.0.0)
• VMwareTools-9.2.4-1398046.tar.gz (WMware Workstation 9.0.3)
• VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360.tar.gz (VMWare Workstation 9.0.2)

and apply successfully with the following Linux kernels:

• 3.12.x
• 3.11.x
• 3.8.x
• 3.5.x
• 2.6.32

The included patches do not currently apply successfully with the following Linux kernels:

• 3.13.x

but VMWare Tools still builds, and installs successfully.

The included patches do not currently apply successfully with the following Linux kernels:

• 3.15.x

and building VMWare Tools fails with the following error:

vmhgfs-only/link.c:186:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfs_readlink’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

To run:

1. Checkout the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git

2. Copy your patch(es) into the appropriate directory in the patches directory. The file must end in .patch, or .diff. This step is optional. For example:

$ cp great-new.patch vmware-tools-patches/patches/vmhgfs

3. Copy a VMwareTools-*.tar.gz into the vmware-tools-patches folder:

$ cp VMwareTools-*.tar.gz vmware-tools-patches/

4. Apply the patches, and then run the vmware-install.pl installer:

$ cd vmware-tools-patches
$ ./untar-and-patch-and-compile.sh

If apt-get is installed on your system, the following packages will be installed prior to compilation:

• linux-headers-$(uname -r)
• build-essential
• dkms
• patch
• psmisc

If apt-get is not installed, you will need to install these (or equivalent) packages manually, before starting.