Package: open-vm-tools
Version 2:11.3.0
open-vm-tools 11.3.0 has been released on June 18, 2021 containing:
- a number of bug and Coverity fixes.
- command line tool to control various aspects of the vmwgfx Linux
kernel module (open-vmtools-desktop)
- command line support tool for guest operations authentication configuration.
- enhancements to support or utilize various vSphere features.
See: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-11.3.0
Please refer to the release notes at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.3.0/ReleaseNotes.md
The granular changes that have gone into the 11.3.0 release are in the
ChangeLog at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.3.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
Anticipated changes needed to the open-vm-tools.spec file
1. vmwgfxctrl command- in open-vm-tools-desktop package.
- requires access to libdrm and libudev to be compiled and will dlopen()
at runtime. Will quietly exit if runtime not available on guest VM.
Build dependencies: libdrm, libudev
Add to open-vm-tools-desktop package:
%{_bindir}/vmwgfxctrl
2. vmware-alias-import command - in open-vm-tools package
%{_bindir}/vmware-alias-import
3. new vmsvc plugins:
%{_libdir}/libguestStoreClient.so.*
%{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins/vmsvc/libgdp.so
%{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins/vmsvc/libguestStore.so
