Here is an slightly updated patch. I would be happy to do a NMU if
that is required to get this fix into unstable.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index ca9b7f25..f87a8aa8 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Copyright: 2007-2013 Daniel Baumann <m...@daniel-baumann.ch>
2022 Bryce Harrington <br...@canonical.com>
License: GPL-2+
+Files: open-vm-tools/com.github.vmware.open_vm_tools.metainfo.xml
+ debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch
+Copyright: 2024 Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@debian.org>
+License: MIT
+
License: BSD-3
This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by Chris Torek.
.
@@ -164,3 +169,22 @@ License: xfree86-1.0
author(s) shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale,
use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
from
the copyright holder(s) and author(s).
+
+License: MIT
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ .
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ .
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch
b/debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e1114c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Description: Announce package and hardware mapping using Appstream metadata XML
+Author: Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/837983
+Forwarded: no
+Last-Update: 2024-12-23
+---
+--- open-vm-tools-12.4.5.orig/open-vm-tools/Makefile.am
++++ open-vm-tools-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/Makefile.am
+@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ if HAVE_UDEV
+ SUBDIRS += vmwgfxctrl
+ endif
+
++metainfodir = $(datarootdir)/metainfo
++metainfo_DATA = com.github.vmware.open_vm_tools.metainfo.xml
+
+ install-data-local:
+ $(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/vmware-tools/
+--- /dev/null
++++
open-vm-tools-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/com.github.vmware.open_vm_tools.metainfo.xml
+@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
++<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
++<component>
++ <id>com.github.vmware.open-vm-tools</id>
++ <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
++ <name>open-vm-tools</name>
++ <summary>Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware
(CLI)</summary>
++ <description>
++ <p>The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an
++ open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of
++ virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality,
++ user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines.</p>
++
++ <p>This package contains only the core user-space programs and
++ libraries.</p>
++ </description>
++ <provides>
++ <modalias>dmi:*:svnVMWare*:*</modalias>
++ </provides>
++</component>
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 16610732..a2f3d1fb 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
use-debian-pam
debian/scsi-udev-rule
+1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch
--
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen
