This was done in open-vm-tools a while ago
+open-vm-tools (2:10.1.5-5055683-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * [0aa95b6] Start open-vm-tools before cloud-init-local.service.
+ Required for a working guest customization as reported by VMware.
+ Also add cloud-init to 'Suggests'.
+ Thanks to Sankar Tanguturi (Closes: #859677)
It also breaks the service, but that is another story :-/
This was done in open-vm-tools a while ago 5-5055683- 3) unstable; urgency=medium local.service.
+open-vm-tools (2:10.1.
+
+ * [0aa95b6] Start open-vm-tools before cloud-init-
+ Required for a working guest customization as reported by VMware.
+ Also add cloud-init to 'Suggests'.
+ Thanks to Sankar Tanguturi (Closes: #859677)
It also breaks the service, but that is another story :-/