package open-vm-dkms 2010.02.23-236320-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

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Binary package hint: open-vm-tools

no instalation.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2010.02.23-236320-1+ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 4 12:33:08 2010
ErrorMessage: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 2010.02.23-236320-1+ubuntu1
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
Title: package open-vm-dkms 2010.02.23-236320-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Hi,

I've tried to reproduce this on a fresh, uptodate 10.04 lucid server install with 2.6.32-24-server. But

  apt-get install open-vm-dkms

succeeded for me.

I notice that even though the bug description lists 2.6.32, the buildlog (for this bug and all dupes) shows:

make[1]: Entrando no diretório `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-17-generic'

Please uninstall linux-headers-2.6.35 and re-install linux-headers-server or linux-headers-generic.

I am going to mark this bug invalid, as the dkms packages necessarily must be targeted at the default kernel.