Oh, I can finally get rid of 4.7 then! Awesome, thank you. It's good to see open-vm-tools adopted again.

Mihai

On 01/13/2014 12:15 AM, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
hi,

please use open-vm-tools 2:9.4.0-1280544-5 - not -1.
Building with 3.11 should work fine with -1, but 3.12 (and gcc 4.8) needs -5.

Mihai: -5 builds just fine with gcc 4.8 :)

Cheers,

Bernd

On 01/07/2014 07:33 AM, Jim Barber wrote:
Hi Bernd.

I have tried this new version of open-vm-tools-dkms against the 3.12 kernel that
is now in Debian testing and it failed to compile for me.
The contents of the /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/make.log file 
follows:


DKMS make.log for open-vm-tools-9.4.0 for kernel 3.12-1-amd64 (x86_64)
Tuesday 7 January  14:12:27 WST 2014
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock'
make -C /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
           MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/block.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/control.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/control.c: In function
‘ExecuteBlockOp’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/control.c:286:9: warning:
assignment from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
     name = getname(buf);
          ^
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/dentry.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/dentry.c:38:4: warning:
initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
     .d_revalidate = DentryOpRevalidate,
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/dentry.c:38:4: warning:
(near initialization for ‘LinkDentryOps.d_revalidate’) [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/dentry.c: In function
‘DentryOpRevalidate’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/dentry.c:104:7: warning:
passing argument 2 of ‘actualDentry->d_op->d_revalidate’ makes integer from
pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
        return actualDentry->d_op->d_revalidate(actualDentry, nd);
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/dentry.c:104:7: note:
expected ‘unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct nameidata *’
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/file.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/filesystem.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning:
initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
     .lookup = InodeOpLookup,
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning:
(near initialization for ‘RootInodeOps.lookup’) [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.c: In function
‘InodeOpLookup’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.c:138:32: error:
incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kgid_t’ from type ‘int’
     inode->i_uid = inode->i_gid = 0;
                                 ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.c: In function
‘InodeOpFollowlink’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.c:224:4: error:
implicit declaration of function ‘vfs_follow_link’
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
     ret = vfs_follow_link(nd, iinfo->name);
     ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock/linux/inode.o]
Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmblock'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
Building vmhgfs without VMCI module symbols.
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs'
make -C /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
           MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/backdoor.o
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/backdoor.h:44:0,
                  from 
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/backdoor.c:49:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/backdoor_types.h: In
function ‘BACKDOOR_STRUCT_SIZES’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:388:7: note:
in definition of macro ‘MY_ASSERTS’
        assertions \
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/backdoor_types.h:126:12:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
             ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof(Backdoor_proto) == 6 * sizeof(uintptr_t));
             ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:388:7: note:
in definition of macro ‘MY_ASSERTS’
        assertions \
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/backdoor_types.h:127:12:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
             ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof(Backdoor_proto_hb) == 7 * 
sizeof(uintptr_t));
             ^
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/backdoorGcc64.o
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/backdoor.h:44:0,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/backdoorGcc64.c:52:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/backdoor_types.h: In
function ‘BACKDOOR_STRUCT_SIZES’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:388:7: note:
in definition of macro ‘MY_ASSERTS’
        assertions \
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/backdoor_types.h:126:12:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
             ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof(Backdoor_proto) == 6 * sizeof(uintptr_t));
             ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_assert.h:388:7: note:
in definition of macro ‘MY_ASSERTS’
        assertions \
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/backdoor_types.h:127:12:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
             ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof(Backdoor_proto_hb) == 7 * 
sizeof(uintptr_t));
             ^
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/bdhandler.o
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vmci_defs.h:33:0,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/hgfsTransport.h:42,
                  from 
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/request.h:39,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/transport.h:26,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/bdhandler.c:30:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h: In function
‘AtomicAssertOnCompilePtr’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2463:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused];             
\
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2624:1:
note: in expansion of macro ‘MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE’
  MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE(Ptr, 64, void const *, void *, uintptr_t)
  ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h: In function
‘AtomicAssertOnCompileInt’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2463:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused];             
\
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2628:1:
note: in expansion of macro ‘MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE’
  MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE(Int, 32, int, int, int)
  ^
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/cpName.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/cpNameLinux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/cpNameLite.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/cpNameUtil.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/cpNameUtilLinux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dentry.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.o
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vmci_defs.h:33:0,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/hgfsTransport.h:42,
                  from 
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/request.h:39,
                  from /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.c:40:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h: In function
‘AtomicAssertOnCompilePtr’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2463:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused];             
\
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2624:1:
note: in expansion of macro ‘MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE’
  MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE(Ptr, 64, void const *, void *, uintptr_t)
  ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h: In function
‘AtomicAssertOnCompileInt’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2463:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused];             
\
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2628:1:
note: in expansion of macro ‘MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE’
  MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE(Int, 32, int, int, int)
  ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.c:82:4: error: unknown field
‘readdir’ specified in initializer
     .readdir     = HgfsReaddir,
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.c:82:4: warning:
initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.c:82:4: warning: (near
initialization for ‘HgfsDirFileOperations.write’) [enabled by default]
make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs/dir.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmhgfs'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync'
make -C /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
           MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c: In function
‘VmSyncThawDevices’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c:165:37: error: ‘struct
super_block’ has no member named ‘s_frozen’
        if (dev->sb != NULL && dev->sb->s_frozen != SB_UNFROZEN) {
                                      ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c: In function 
‘VmSyncAddPath’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c:240:19: error: ‘struct
super_block’ has no member named ‘s_frozen’
         inode->i_sb->s_frozen != SB_UNFROZEN) {
                    ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c: In function
‘VmSyncFreezeDevices’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c:320:10: warning:
assignment from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
     paths = getname(userPaths);
           ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c: In function 
‘init_module’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c:673:4: error: implicit
declaration of function ‘create_proc_entry’ 
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
     controlProcEntry = create_proc_entry("driver/vmware-sync",
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c:673:21: warning:
assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
     controlProcEntry = create_proc_entry("driver/vmware-sync",
                      ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.c:683:20: error:
dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
     controlProcEntry->proc_fops = &VmSyncFileOps;
                     ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync/sync.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
make: *** [vmsync.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmsync'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet'
make -C /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
           MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.o
   Building modules, stage 2.
   MODPOST 1 modules
   CC      /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.mod.o
   LD [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
           MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet'
cp -f vmxnet.ko ./../vmxnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vmxnet'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
Building VMCI Sockets without VMCI module symbols.
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock'
make -C /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
           MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.o
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vmci_defs.h:33:0,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vsockCommon.h:83,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.c:132:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_atomic.h: In function
‘AtomicAssertOnCompilePtr’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2463:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused];             
\
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2624:1: note:
in expansion of macro ‘MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE’
  MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE(Ptr, 64, void const *, void *, uintptr_t)
  ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_atomic.h: In function
‘AtomicAssertOnCompileInt’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2463:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused];             
\
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_atomic.h:2628:1: note:
in expansion of macro ‘MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE’
  MAKE_ATOMIC_TYPE(Int, 32, int, int, int)
  ^
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vmware.h:81:0,
                  from
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.c:130:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vsockCommon.h: In function
‘VSockVA64ToPtr’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vsockCommon.h:123:4: note:
in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
     ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof (void *) == 8);
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vsockCommon.h: In function
‘VSockPtrToVA64’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vsockCommon.h:152:4: note:
in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
     ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof ptr <= sizeof (VA64));
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vmci_sockets_packet.h: In
function ‘VSockSeqPacketAsserts’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:388:7: note:
in definition of macro ‘MY_ASSERTS’
        assertions \
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vmci_sockets_packet.h:154:4:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
     ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof (VSockPacket) == 56);
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:388:7: note:
in definition of macro ‘MY_ASSERTS’
        assertions \
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/vmci_sockets_packet.h:155:4:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
     ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof (VSockSeqPacket) == 32);
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vmci_iocontrols.h: In
function ‘VMCIVA64ToPtr’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vmci_iocontrols.h:64:4:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
     ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof (void *) == 8);
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vmci_iocontrols.h: In
function ‘VMCIPtrToVA64’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vm_assert.h:366:20:
warning: typedef ‘AssertOnCompileFailed’ locally defined but not used
[-Wunused-local-typedefs]
        typedef char AssertOnCompileFailed[AssertOnCompileMisused]; \
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/./shared/vmci_iocontrols.h:93:4:
note: in expansion of macro ‘ASSERT_ON_COMPILE’
     ASSERT_ON_COMPILE(sizeof ptr <= sizeof (VA64));
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.c: In function
‘__VSockVmciCreate’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.c:3150:18: error:
incompatible types when assigning to type ‘uid_t’ from type ‘kuid_t’
        vsk->owner = current_uid();
                   ^
make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock/linux/af_vsock.o]
Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64'
make: *** [vsock.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.4.0/build/vsock'


It also failed for the 3.10 kernel that I was previously running, but I didn't
keep the log for that.
Some packages that are installed on the system I tried to compile it for that
may be of relevance are:

# dpkg --list | grep -P
'^ii\s+(open-vm|linux-(headers|image|kbuild|libc)|dkms|make\s|gcc(\s|-4))'
ii  dkms                        2.2.0.3-1.2        all                Dynamic
Kernel Module Support Framework
ii  gcc                         4:4.8.2-1          amd64              GNU C
compiler
ii  gcc-4.8                     4.8.2-10           amd64              GNU C
compiler
ii  gcc-4.8-base:amd64          4.8.2-10           amd64              GCC, the
GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
ii  gcc-4.8-doc                 4.8.2-2            all
documentation for the GNU compilers (gcc, gobjc, g++)
ii  gcc-4.8-multilib            4.8.2-10           amd64              GNU C
compiler (multilib files)
ii  linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64  3.12.6-2           amd64              Header
files for Linux 3.12-1-amd64
ii  linux-headers-3.12-1-common 3.12.6-2           amd64              Common
header files for Linux 3.12-1
ii  linux-headers-amd64         3.12+55            amd64              Header
files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
ii  linux-image-3.12-1-amd64    3.12.6-2           amd64              Linux 3.12
for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-amd64           3.12+55            amd64              Linux for
64-bit PCs (meta-package)
ii  linux-kbuild-3.12           3.12.6-1           amd64              Kbuild
infrastructure for Linux 3.12
ii  linux-libc-dev:amd64        3.12.6-2           amd64              Linux
support headers for userspace development
ii  make                        3.81-8.3           amd64              An utility
for Directing compilation.
ii  open-vm-tools               2:9.4.0-1280544-1  amd64              Open
VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CL
ii  open-vm-tools-dkms          2:9.4.0-1280544-1  all                Open
VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (DK


Regards,

Jim Barber



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