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

[Frederick W. Roller]

Error occurred while installing open-vm-tools-desktop.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: open-vm-tools-dkms 2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-12.14-generic 4.2.1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.2.0-12-generic
Date: Sat Oct 3 21:45:01 2015
DuplicateSignature: dkms:open-vm-tools-dkms:2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3:/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]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-27 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150924)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu4
 apt 1.0.9.10ubuntu7
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
Title: open-vm-tools-dkms 2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1500581, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Armin Kunaschik (armin-kunaschik)]

Seems to be a duplicate of #1500581

[Paul (prowla)]

Hi - is anything going to be done about this issue which has been going on for two releases of the OS?

We have VMware saying to use open-vm-tools, and we have open-vm-tools malfunctioning.

[Paul (prowla)]

Hi, folks - any updates on plans to deal with this long-standing issue?

[Tobias Wolter (towo)]

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

[Frederick W. Roller (fwroller)]

Why not use the current version of the tools from VMware?

[Vova Pupkin (stabbul-1)]

Ставил последнюю. Ошибка осталась!

[Woden Cafe (wodencafe)]

This is also affecting our environment.

When attempting to install vmware tools, it suggests using open-vm-tools, so I do that instead, and then we encounter errors.