Control: tags 1128734 + pending Dear maintainer,
I've prepared an NMU for open-vm-tools (versioned as 2:13.0.10-1.1) and uploaded it immediately. Best, Chris
diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog 2026-01-28 10:49:51.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog 2026-08-27 07:46:22.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +open-vm-tools (2:13.0.10-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Fix C23 const initialization discard (Closes: #1128734) + * Workaround mismatching g_free symbol definition + + -- Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:46:22 +0200 + open-vm-tools (2:13.0.10-1) unstable; urgency=medium * [b920ae7] New upstream version 13.0.10 diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/glib-free open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/glib-free --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/glib-free 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/glib-free 2026-08-27 07:46:22.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +diff --git i/open-vm-tools/lib/rpcChannel/glib_stubs.c w/open-vm-tools/lib/rpcChannel/glib_stubs.c +index c32deb07..2b6e15b6 100644 +--- i/open-vm-tools/lib/rpcChannel/glib_stubs.c ++++ w/open-vm-tools/lib/rpcChannel/glib_stubs.c +@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ + + void *g_malloc0(size_t s) { return Util_SafeCalloc(1, s); } + void *g_malloc0_n(size_t n, size_t s) { return Util_SafeCalloc(n, s); } +-void g_free(void *p) { free(p); } ++void g_free_sized(void *p, size_t) { free(p); } + + void g_mutex_init(GMutex *mutex) { } + void g_mutex_clear(GMutex *mutex) { } diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/series open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/series --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/series 2026-01-28 10:49:51.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/series 2026-08-27 07:46:22.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,2 +1,4 @@ +glib-free use-debian-pam debian/scsi-udev-rule +upstream/pr-783.patch diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/upstream/pr-783.patch open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/upstream/pr-783.patch --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/upstream/pr-783.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/patches/upstream/pr-783.patch 2026-08-27 07:45:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +From b309f5d40619f033bbddef5c95682beed31659ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Rudi Heitbaum <[email protected]> +Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:55:03 +0000 +Subject: [PATCH] fix initialization discards 'const' qualifier from pointer + target type + +Since glibc-2.43: + +For ISO C23, the functions bsearch, memchr, strchr, strpbrk, strrchr, +strstr, wcschr, wcspbrk, wcsrchr, wcsstr and wmemchr that return +pointers into their input arrays now have definitions as macros that +return a pointer to a const-qualified type when the input argument is +a pointer to a const-qualified type. + +https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2026-01/msg00005.html + +Signed-off-by: Rudi Heitbaum <[email protected]> +--- + open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c | 6 +++--- + open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c | 2 +- + open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c | 7 ++++--- + open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c | 2 +- + open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c | 2 +- + open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c | 2 +- + 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) + +diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c +index c4d39b12d..212ea1c79 100644 +--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c ++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c +@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ HgfsAddEscapeCharacter(char const * bufIn, // IN: input name + HgfsEscapeContext *escapeContext = (HgfsEscapeContext *)context; + uint32 charactersToCopy; + uint32 outputSpace; +- char* illegal; ++ const char* illegal; + Bool result = TRUE; + + ASSERT(offset >= escapeContext->processedOffset); // Scanning forward +@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ HgfsIsEscapeSequence(char const *bufIn, // IN: input name + uint32 length) // IN: length of the name in characters + { + if (bufIn[offset] == HGFS_ESCAPE_CHAR && offset > 0) { +- char *substitute; ++ const char *substitute; + if (bufIn[offset - 1] == HGFS_ESCAPE_SUBSTITUE_CHAR && offset > 1) { + /* + * Possibly a valid sequence, check it must be preceded with a substitute +@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ HgfsEscapeUndoComponent(char *bufIn, // IN: Characters to be unesc + size_t offset = escapePointer - bufIn; + + if (HgfsIsEscapeSequence(bufIn, offset, sizeIn)) { +- char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]); ++ const char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]); + if (substitute != NULL) { + bufIn[offset - 1] = HGFS_ILLEGAL_CHARS[substitute - HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS]; + } else if (bufIn[offset - 1] == HGFS_ESCAPE_SUBSTITUE_CHAR) { +diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c +index 4a0bc9378..fd1db4a29 100644 +--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c ++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c +@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ static void + HgfsGetHiddenAttr(char const *fileName, // IN: Input filename + HgfsFileAttrInfo *attr) // OUT: Struct to copy into + { +- char *baseName; ++ const char *baseName; + + ASSERT(fileName); + ASSERT(attr); +diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c +index 4fc6502e4..4be63b7b8 100644 +--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c ++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c +@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ StrUtil_ReplaceAll(const char *orig, // IN + char *result; + const char *current; + char *tmp; ++ const char *tmp2; + size_t lenWhat; + size_t lenWith; + size_t occurrences = 0; +@@ -1467,8 +1468,8 @@ StrUtil_ReplaceAll(const char *orig, // IN + lenWith = strlen(with); + + current = orig; +- while ((tmp = strstr(current, what)) != NULL) { +- current = tmp + lenWhat; ++ while ((tmp2 = strstr(current, what)) != NULL) { ++ current = tmp2 + lenWhat; + ++occurrences; + } + +@@ -1695,7 +1696,7 @@ StrUtilHasListItem(char const *list, // IN: + char const *item, // IN: + int (*ncmp)(char const *, char const*, size_t)) // IN: + { +- char *foundDelim; ++ const char *foundDelim; + int itemLen = strlen(item); + + if (list == NULL) { +diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c +index 0135e6a09..922b4efe2 100644 +--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c ++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c +@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static Bool + IpEntryMatchesDevice(const char *devName, + const char *label) + { +- char *p; ++ const char *p; + size_t n; + + if ((p = strchr(label, ':')) != NULL) { +diff --git a/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c b/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c +index 3085f72d7..f61406d14 100644 +--- a/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c ++++ b/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c +@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ VMTools_BindTextDomain(const char *domain, + * If we couldn't find the catalog file for the user's language, see if + * we can find a more generic language (e.g., for "en_US", also try "en"). + */ +- char *sep = Str_Strrchr(lang, '_'); ++ const char *sep = Str_Strrchr(lang, '_'); + if (sep != NULL) { + if (usrlang == NULL) { + usrlang = Util_SafeStrdup(lang); +diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c +index 654512c5e..5c79ca12a 100644 +--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c ++++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c +@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ VixToolsBuildUserEnvironmentTable(const char * const *envp) // IN: optional + for (; NULL != *envp; envp++) { + char *name; + char *value; +- char *whereToSplit; ++ const char *whereToSplit; + size_t nameLen; + + whereToSplit = strchr(*envp, '=');
