missing the executive file VGAuthService for open-vm-tool-10.1.5

Looks like VGAuthservice is not in the package:

vmware@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -L open-vm-tools | grep VGAuth
vmware@ubuntu:~$

Looks like the package is built without xmlsecurity, and without xerces. From debian/rules:

override_dh_auto_configure:
        dh_auto_configure --sourcedirectory=open-vm-tools -- \
                        --prefix=/usr \
                        --libdir=\$${prefix}/lib \
                        --without-kernel-modules \
                        --with-pic \
                        --without-xmlsecurity --without-xerces \
                        CFLAGS="-fPIC -Wno-deprecated-declarations $(CFLAGS)" \
                        CUSTOM_PROCPS_NAME=procps \
                        CXXFLAGS='-std=gnu++11'
        find . -name Makefile -exec sed -i '/.*CPPFLAGS.*/s,-std=c++11,,' '{}' \;

This will disable vgauth, unless --enable-xmlsec1 is specified.

adding:
 the way to install the embedded OVT 10.1.5 : apt-get install open-vm-tools

It will be GA soon.
Is anyone is working on it to make sure the fix will be included in GA release ? thanks!

best regards
Yuhua Zou

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

This issue is not fixed in GA release.
Patricia Gaughen said the fix would be available as a update.

Would you please advise how we can advise customers on how to apply this patch ?

best regards
Yuhua Zou

open-vm-tools (2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Compile with libxmlsec1-dev instead of xmlsecurity/xerces and thus
    provide VGAuthServices. (LP: #1677196)

Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:57:29 +0100
Changed-By: Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden>
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1

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 OK: open-vm-tools_10.1.5-5055683.orig.tar.gz
 OK: open-vm-tools_10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1.debian.tar.xz
 OK: open-vm-tools_10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1.dsc
     -> Component: main Section: admin

Upload Warnings:
Redirecting ubuntu zesty to ubuntu zesty-proposed.
This upload awaits approval by a distro manager

Announcing to <email address hidden>

Thank you for your contribution to Ubuntu.

Hello vmware-gos-Yuhua, or anyone else affected,

Accepted open-vm-tools into zesty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

This issue was fixed in the newest package open-vm-tools 2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1.

thanks all for your effort!

Test Steps:
1. Add repository
   modify the software sources manually by adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
   deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-proposed restricted main multiverse universe

2. Update repository cache: sudo apt-get update

3. Install package open-vm-tools: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
    :During the installation, we can see it can get package from repository zesty-proposed

4. Check if VGAuth works well:
   1) The executive VGAuathServices should exist in /usr/bin/ ------> Pass
   2) After install OVT, VGAuathServices should be running ------> Pass
   3) After Reboot GuestOS, VGAuathServices should be running ------> Pass
   4) check basic functions for VGauth ------> Pass

best regards
Yuhua Zou

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools - 2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1

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open-vm-tools (2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Compile with libxmlsec1-dev instead of xmlsecurity/xerces and thus
    provide VGAuthServices. (LP: #1677196)

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:57:29 +0100

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.

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools - 2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1

---------------
open-vm-tools (2:10.1.5-5055683-1ubuntu1.1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Compile with libxmlsec1-dev instead of xmlsecurity/xerces and thus
    provide VGAuthServices. (LP: #1677196)

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:57:29 +0100