package open-vm-dkms 2011.03.28-387002-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

[Christopher Bartram]

Binary package hint: open-vm-tools

The OS prompted me to send this after it performed an upgrade. It is a VM run on VMWare Workstation 7

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2011.03.28-387002-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: vmsync
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 19 11:36:05 2011
ErrorMessage: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 2011.03.28-387002-0ubuntu1.1
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
Title: package open-vm-dkms 2011.03.28-387002-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (19 days ago)

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi Christopher. Thanks for filing the bug report. This appears to be a bug in GCC, redirecting as such.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic/arch/x86/Makefile:81: stack protector enabled but no compiler support
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.03.28/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.03.28/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.c: In function ‘VSockVmciDevOpen’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.03.28/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.c:5167:1: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.5/README.Bugs> for instructions.

please do so. at least, attach the command line args used, and the preprocessed source

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