Indeed, this was fixed in Debian a while ago. The package doesn't use dh-systemd and "--with systemd", that should be sufficient. We are a dozen versions behind, this package is in need of some merging. Subscribing the last few uploaders (Robert, Ben, Robie), could you please look into this?
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #764295 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764295 ** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764295 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430109 Title: vmtoolsd does not start automatically after reboot with systemd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1430109/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs