Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:06:59 +0100, Peter Collingbourne > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I found there were no VMware-related packages in the official >>repository, nor any way of creating them. Thus I propose to create >>a tool that will build (for example for VMware Server) vmware-server >>and vmware-modules-source packages based on an installation tarball >>(a la java-package). > > I have been (rather half-heartedly) trying to do this in the last few > weeks, but have not been very successful due to lack of time, and lack > of knowledge about module-assistant and the Debian kernel packages. > > Add in vmware's rather twisted way of building the modules (made less > evil by vmware-any-any), and I have to go a long way until I fully > understand the implications of what I'm doing. > > Would you be willing to cooperate, or is my knowledge too low to be > useful for you? >
Ubuntu already has vmware kernel module packages, I have a slightly bugfixed version of the debian/ directory. The package name is a bit strange, but my 2 minute attempt to modify it failed, need to look into it again. If someone is interested, just mail me. Cheers, Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]