open-vm-dkms fails to build with latest Precise kernel

Attaching debdiff

Here's v2 of the debdiff, now with a proper fix. I've also done some testing in a Precise VM.

Uploaded for Precise. This does not affect any newer versions.

Hello Luis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted open-vm-tools into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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I've verified that the open-vm-tools currently in -updates (2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1) fails to build when installed with the latest precise kernel (3.2.0-76.111):

Error! Build of vmhgfs.ko failed for: 3.2.0-76-generic (x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/ for more information.

(I can provide the make.log if required.)

The package currently in -proposed (2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1.1) installs and builds successfully. I'm tagging this bug as verified.

I have also verified this failure exists with open-vm-tools 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1 against kernel 3.2.0-76.111 when my nodes failed to come up completely on VMware (waiting for network which depended on the vmxnet driver which wasn't there)

  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs/inode.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs/inode.c: In function 'HgfsPermission':
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:1821:19: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_ali
as'
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:1821:19: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer
 type [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:1821:19: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_ali
as'
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs/inode.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-76-virtual'
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2011.12.20/build/vmhgfs'

Installing open-vm-dkms/open-vm-tools (2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1.1) from precise-proposed has solved the compile issue for the 3.2.0-76.111 kernel.

Thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools - 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1.1

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open-vm-tools (2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1.1) precise; urgency=medium

  * Upstream v3.2.66 porting (LP: #1416003):
    - 'd_alias' member of struct dentry has been moved into the 'd_u' union
 -- Luis Henriques <email address hidden> Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:25:20 -0600

The verification of the Stable Release Update for open-vm-tools has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.