[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[yanh...@vmware.com]

Hi Christian,

I have filed a new bug as below.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1773931

If have any problems, please kindly tell me!

Thanks!
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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ Christian Ehrhardt ]

Hi Yanhui,
thanks for the retest the issues are not part of the ppa/SRU.
Also this is released already, so no need for the ppa anymore.

#2 is intentional if you had a modified tools.conf due to conffile
handling

#1 we can look at when working on the next version.
   If you could outline - best in a new bug - the symptom for "reboot to 
validate vmtoolsd" then we can check that when pulling an even newer version 
for Ubuntu 18.10 and later the backport for 18.04.

** No longer affects: xenial-backports

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[yanh...@vmware.com]

Env:
VMs:
* ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64
* ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64
* ubuntu-17.10-desktop-amd64
* ubuntu-17.10-server-amd64

open-vm-tools version: 10.2.0.1608(build-7253323) from ppa:ci-train-ppa-
service/3152 or using the default repository

Result:
open-vm-tools can be installed and uninstalled successfully except the 
following 2 problems.

Problem:
There is 2 problems.
1) After install open-vm-tools, ubuntu 17.10 desktop needs reboot to validate 
vmtoolsd
2) During install open-vm-tools, ubuntu 17.10 server needs to ask this question 
about "tools.conf" to continue. (I'm not sure it's necessary.)
--
..
Installing new version of config file /etc/vmware-tools/scripts/vmware/network 
...

Configuration file '/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
  D : show the differences between the versions
  Z : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** tools.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? y
Installing new version of config file /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (234-2ubuntu12) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
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Steps:
1) add repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152
sudo apt-get update

2) update to / install open-vm-tools 10.2.0, and then check tools,
vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd

3) reboot guestOS and check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd

4) uninstall open-vm-tools and then check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-
cmd

5) reboot guestOS and check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd

6) install/uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop


If ignore anything, please kindly tell me.

Thanks!
Yanhui

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools -
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.17.10.1

---
open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.17.10.1) artful; urgency=medium

  * backport Bionic open-vm-tools to Artful (LP: #1741390)
- d/control: B-D for dh-autoreconf and dh-systemd
- d/rules: re-add autoreconf and systemd
- d/control: B-D to debhelper version of xenial supporting compat 10
- d/compat: compat level 10 is latest xenial supported level
- d/rules: go back from override_dh_installsystemd to
  override_dh_systemd_enable and override_dh_systemd_start as needed on
  xenials debhelper version.
- d/rules: drop --no-restart-after-upgrade which only exists in debhelper
  10, the version 9 behavior defaults to what we need.
- debian/rules: dh_systemd_start in xenial has issues with the escaping of
  the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount job, so drop this call
- debian/open-vm-tools-desktop.postinst: add a fixed version of what
  dh_systemd_start would have added
- d/open-vm-tools-desktop.prerm, d/open-vm-tools-desktop.postrm: add what
  dh_systemd_start would have added (as-is since those sections worked)
- d/control: update maintainers
  * d/open-vm-tools.service: Add After=local-fs.target dependency ensuring
filesystems are ready to fix a race on startup (LP: #1750780)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Disable PrivateTmp for the open-vm-tools.service as it triggers issues
when triggering processes that need tmp through VMOMI API (LP: #1758428)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Revert change in d/open-vm-tools.service that added After=local-fs.target.
It turned out that the systemd in bionic already implicitly fixes
this issue (the change is still needed for backports) (LP: 1750780)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * d/open-vm-tools.service: Add After=local-fs.target dependency ensuring
filesystems are ready to fix a race on startup (LP: #1750780)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [47e50a1] Fix debhelper dep for backports
  * [34538a5] Make tools.conf useful.
Thanks to Dariusz Gadomski (Closes: #889884)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [249d54c] Fix wayland segfault.
Adding a patch from Fedora to fix a wayland/gnome related segfault.
Thanks to Oliver Kurth (Closes: #887755)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [f0bf956] Add .travis.yml which was removed by gbp.
  * [892e2f6] Build with gtk3.
  * [03a655b] Check if debhelper handles \ in systemd units.
Thanks to Oliver Kurth (Closes: #886191)
  * [5bf9301] Drop -dkms package.
Thanks to Christian Ehrhardt (Closes: #884656)
  * [236cdba] Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/10.2.0'
Update to upstream version '10.2.0'
with Debian dir d5190e486b6beb65ee7ed31c0c23a789b8f60cab
(Closes: #884496)
  * [692beff] snapshot changelog.
  * [45aa743] Add .travis.yml which was removed by gbp.
  * [aabeded] Fix dpkg --compare-versions call
  * [0697425] Better debhelper version parsing.
  * [390ec09] fix even more makefile bugs.
  * [6e5fa38] Refreshing patches.
Dropping kernel-module related patches.
  * [cbfec05] Drop dh_autoreconf, not needed anymore.
  * [d5fef50] autotools-dev is done by dh now.
  * [b66ab14] use dh_installsystemd

open-vm-tools (2:10.1.15-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [78a17f1] Remove fixed CXX std setting.
  * [f96f479] Updated version 10.1.15 from 'upstream/10.1.15'
with Debian dir c44394c71e055f4cfd3a15ee578fc9895d64ebb1
  * [682790b] Refreshing patches.

 -- Christian Ehrhardt   Thu, 15 Feb
2018 09:36:20 +0100

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
   Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools -
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1

---
open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * backport Bionic open-vm-tools to Xenial (LP: #1741390)
- d/control: B-D for dh-autoreconf and dh-systemd
- d/rules: re-add autoreconf and systemd
- d/control: B-D to debhelper version of xenial supporting compat 10
- d/compat: compat level 10 is latest xenial supported level
- d/rules: go back from override_dh_installsystemd to
  override_dh_systemd_enable and override_dh_systemd_start as needed on
  xenials debhelper version.
- d/rules: drop --no-restart-after-upgrade which only exists in debhelper
  10, the version 9 behavior defaults to what we need.
- debian/rules: dh_systemd_start in xenial has issues with the escaping of
  the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount job, so drop this call
- debian/open-vm-tools-desktop.postinst: add a fixed version of what
  dh_systemd_start would have added
- d/open-vm-tools-desktop.prerm, d/open-vm-tools-desktop.postrm: add what
  dh_systemd_start would have added (as-is since those sections worked)
- d/control: update maintainers
  * d/open-vm-tools.service: Add After=local-fs.target dependency ensuring
filesystems are ready to fix a race on startup (LP: #1750780)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Disable PrivateTmp for the open-vm-tools.service as it triggers issues
when triggering processes that need tmp through VMOMI API (LP: #1758428)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Revert change in d/open-vm-tools.service that added After=local-fs.target.
It turned out that the systemd in bionic already implicitly fixes
this issue (the change is still needed for backports) (LP: 1750780)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * d/open-vm-tools.service: Add After=local-fs.target dependency ensuring
filesystems are ready to fix a race on startup (LP: #1750780)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [47e50a1] Fix debhelper dep for backports
  * [34538a5] Make tools.conf useful.
Thanks to Dariusz Gadomski (Closes: #889884)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [249d54c] Fix wayland segfault.
Adding a patch from Fedora to fix a wayland/gnome related segfault.
Thanks to Oliver Kurth (Closes: #887755)

open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [f0bf956] Add .travis.yml which was removed by gbp.
  * [892e2f6] Build with gtk3.
  * [03a655b] Check if debhelper handles \ in systemd units.
Thanks to Oliver Kurth (Closes: #886191)
  * [5bf9301] Drop -dkms package.
Thanks to Christian Ehrhardt (Closes: #884656)
  * [236cdba] Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/10.2.0'
Update to upstream version '10.2.0'
with Debian dir d5190e486b6beb65ee7ed31c0c23a789b8f60cab
(Closes: #884496)
  * [692beff] snapshot changelog.
  * [45aa743] Add .travis.yml which was removed by gbp.
  * [aabeded] Fix dpkg --compare-versions call
  * [0697425] Better debhelper version parsing.
  * [390ec09] fix even more makefile bugs.
  * [6e5fa38] Refreshing patches.
Dropping kernel-module related patches.
  * [cbfec05] Drop dh_autoreconf, not needed anymore.
  * [d5fef50] autotools-dev is done by dh now.
  * [b66ab14] use dh_installsystemd

open-vm-tools (2:10.1.15-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [78a17f1] Remove fixed CXX std setting.
  * [f96f479] Updated version 10.1.15 from 'upstream/10.1.15'
with Debian dir c44394c71e055f4cfd3a15ee578fc9895d64ebb1
  * [682790b] Refreshing patches.

open-vm-tools (2:10.1.10-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [00bc9bb] Build with CXXFLAGS=-std=c++14.
Thanks to Rene Engelhard and Oliver Kurth (Closes: #876121)
  * [6b61376] Re-add .travis.yml.
Seems it went missing with the last merge.
  * [bf07ae8] Work around dh_systemd escaping bugs again.
Seems the unit escaping changed with a new dh version.
Work around the known and reported fails again.
Thanks to Christian Ehrhardt (Closes: #875657)

open-vm-tools (2:10.1.10-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Shota Aratono ]
  * [5ab87bd] Fix scsi timeout setting error on debian stretch
  * [c0847eb] Fix attempting change setting to unintentional target

  [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
  * [dc2e27f] Add patch to support resolution switching with KMS.
This is needed for proper support of Wayland sessions. (Closes: #872779)

open-vm-tools (2:10.1.10-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Drop the extra part of the version string.
Easier to handle in the short variant.
  * [6be6a49] Updating watch file.
Use tags from github.
  * [8c25235] Updated version 10.1.10 from 'upstream/10.1.10'
with Debian dir 3dddea7985f21457b294b5f554d5ecdf32aabfff
  * [195cead] Refreshing patches.
Removing cve-2015-5191.patch as it is part of the upstream release.
  * [e6b3fd5] Build using libssl-dev and libxmlsec1-dev. (Closes: #859416)

[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

The Upload was also tested by the reporter against another bug that will be 
fixed by the backport.
So I dup'ed 1668244 onto this bug here.

+1 on the backport adressing more issues :-)

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[evade]

Thank you all for your help!
I'll get this version and test as soon as I'm able.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

1. Upgrade from proposed
Binaries usually installed are open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop
I see 10.2.0-3~... in Xenial and Artful, checking if the upgrade works without 
issues.

On the upgrade one sees a list of new dependencies libdrm2, libudev,
libxml2 libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-openssl pciutils and iproute2 -
fortunately all are in main - so no undetected component mismatch.

Note: as host I used VMWare Workstation 14.1.1 and systems installed
from 16.04.4 and 17.10.1 iso as of today.

Artful: upgraded without issues
Xenial: upgraded withous issues

Note: the default console setup can't copy and paste, so no full log
here :-/

2. This bug in particular is about making the new version available.
Check vmtoolsd -v for the version being on 10.2
Artful: ok 10.2.0.1608
Xenial: ok 10.2.0.1608

Per above (and the extensive precheck on the content-equal ppa by
VMWare) - setting to verified

** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-artful 
verification-needed-xenial
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-artful 
verification-done-xenial

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Chris Halse Rogers]

Hello evade, or anyone else affected,

Accepted open-vm-tools into artful-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
tools/2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.17.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the
-proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-artful to verification-done-artful. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-artful. In either case, without details of
your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
   Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed-artful

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Chris Halse Rogers]

Hello evade, or anyone else affected,

Accepted open-vm-tools into xenial-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
tools/2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the
-proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of
your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Thanks Andreas for the ping, yes this update will include the upstream fix to 
bug 1668244 as well.
If it fixes the issue of the reporter I'm not 100% sure, but I'll update and 
subscribe to the other bug if not. We really don't need another unrelated bug 
stopping this backport :-)

Actually we only wait for the SRU Team to action for a while now, I'm
afraid this SRU being more complex is punted by many for its complexity
in favor of other SRUs - I'll ask them once more.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Andreas Hasenack]

Is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1668244
still an issue with this update? The udev rules look different

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Andreas Hasenack]

Is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1668244
still an issue with this update? The udev rules look different

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Ok, all dependent bugs were sorted out:
- 1758428 is in Bionic, ready to be included in the backport SRU
- 1750780 is only an issue pre-Bionic, ready to be included in the backport SRU
- 1741390 (this bug) was well tested along with the others

Version numbers for Xenial and Artful were adapted so that there will be no 
issues upgrading forward from them.
For correctness I also inserted the changelog history that happened in Bionic 
since we started this. This has no functional change, but is correct in terms 
of reading the changes.

Build with the right -v against what is in artful/xenial updates that
gives quite a long changes, but it is what is correct.

That said, upload made available in -unapproved for SRU Team review:
X: open-vm-tools_10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1_source.changes
A: open-vm-tools_10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.17.10.1_source.changes

After all the tests I'm rather confident we don't regress anything.
If any we might face issues we had before as well, we have to be careful when 
verifying these to not block for new but only regressing issues - or this will 
never complete :-)

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

bug 1758428 unlocked, it's fix is on the way into Bionic.
Once that completes I can propose the changes as prepared to Artful and Xenial.

** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
   Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

FYI: PPA build with the fix for privateTmp is available in a PPA
Versioning changes slightly (better to do these SRUs regularly).
So the new version is below the old one, be sure to update correctly when 
testing this.
Consider using
  sudo ppa-purge ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152
Before using the new PPA:
=> https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3226

I have verified that Artful builds and correctly picks up all we did so
far (a.k.a. watching out if some of our backport efforts need to be
reverted there).

So the builds LGTM, so from now on for testing please use this PPA.
Once bug 1758428 is resolved in Bionic (or confirmed to not be needed) we can 
go on with the SRU again.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

While waiting for a Bionic confirm/deny to bug 1758428:
- X version squashed to 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1 for the next upload (thanks 
for the hint).
- Start preparing Artful now ...

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Robie Basak]

I've reviewed the SRU upload to Xenial in the Unapproved queue.

SRU policy requires fixes to be in Bionic first. I understand the spirit
of this to be not just to both to stop users regressing upon future
upgrade, but also for us to gain some confidence in quality in the
development release to mitigate SRU regression risk before backporting.
Bug 1758428 concerns me. We don't know if it's fixed in Bionic, which
suggests to me that we don't have a well-defined test case. I understand
that in this case the nature of the fix is that it can easily be applied
to Bionic, and the reason for not doing so is because other factors have
changed such that it may be unnecessary. Nevertheless, I think this
should be settled in Bionic first both to avoid user regressions and to
ensure quality in Bionic prior to complicating things by SRUing. And
besides, Bionic will be the next LTS so we should presumably have this
settled well in Bionic anyway.

SRU policy also requires that for feature backports to LTSs,
intermediary releases are also updated: "To avoid regressions on
upgrade, any such feature must then also be added to any newer supported
Ubuntu release". Note that one severe class of regression is that
failure to do this will make any future security updates for this
package in Artful invisible to users who have upgraded, so I believe
this to be an important requirement. I'm also not sure that the SRU team
has the remit to make an exception here. Finally, my opinion is that if
an exception is warranted in this case, the implications are large
enough that we should be making a general policy statement for the
project so users can be clear on the consequences (eg. "cloud instance
release upgrades to non-LTS releases are no longer supported").

I haven't reviewed the diff itself, since I'd want to do it again before
accepting a future upload anyway. Based on the changelog entries, the
backport itself looks reasonable in principle though.

A couple of minor points which don't necessarily block upload, but would
be useful to fix in future uploads. These caused me some confusion to
follow what was going on:

2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 has never been published, so
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.2 is unnecessary and could be squashed into
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1.

2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 is based on 2:10.2.0-3 which has been
superseded in Bionic. That it has been superseded since the SRU was
prepared is fine. But at that time, an upgrade from Xenial to Bionic
wouldn't work as expected because 2:10.2.0-3 is lower than
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1. Since Bionic has moved on, this won't cause a
problem now, assuming that Artful will be updated the same as Xenial. I
suggest using a pattern like 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1 in the future.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Due to SRU regulations - thanks rbasak for pointing it out, we have to prep the 
upload for Artful as well.
Given how much backport-special cases we hit I'm already happy :-/

Also the state of 1758428 in Bionic has to be resolved.

So for now tasks:
1. for me - prepare an Artful SRU upload as well
2. for those involved in 1758428 please let me know if Bionic is affected as 
well (there)

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

@SRU Team

The xenial-unapproved queue has now a fixed version in regard to our findings 
in the prechecks:
=> 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.2

No need to cancel the old one, just consider accepting the new upload.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

>  ChristianEhrhardt (paelzer) wrote on 2018-03-21: #46
> I prepared the SRU Template for this, there are two things to complete 
> before pushing:

> 1. VMWare will run more regression testing using the ovt automation 
> package over the next 
 days

> 2. I added an MP with the packaging changes to be reviewed [1]

> Once both complete we can push it for the actual SRU.

> [1]: 
> https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm->
>  
   tools/+merge/341797

Done for regression test with 10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 in Ubuntu
16.04-Server64.

Result:
Except the issue about "PrivateTmp=yes" in open-vm-tools.service file mentioned 
, No others issue exists.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Oliver Kurth]

I found a fix for bug #1758428 and updated the issue. It's related to
the use of PrivateTmp=yes in the service file.

Since this is a backport from 18.04, I expect the same issue there, and
in Debian.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Oliver Kurth]

We do see weird issues with that build similar to bug #1758428, so
please hold on with the upload.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Łukasz Zemczak]

@paelzer Seeing Charle's comment, could you re-assess if the SRU is
still valid for upload? Should I reject it from the queue?

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Charles Crouch]

Details of the issue we hit:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1758428

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Charles Crouch]

I spoke to soon :-( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
tools/+bug/1741390/comments/47

We're having to back this version out from our deploy. More details
coming soon...

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Hi evade,
yes it is taken care of.

In Packaging there are source and binary packages.
When we say "we update X" we mean we upload a new src:X
But from your consumption point of view you use binary packages (that is what 
you install).
And src:open-vm-tools creates open-vm-tools-dev, open-vm-tools-desktop, 
open-vm-tools
So you'll be good once this completes.

Afterwards I hope to be able to do kind of a retrospective with all
involved people and make this a regular action to backport the new
version that goes out with an Ubuntu Release back to the last LTS at
least - but lets first complete this work here :-)

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[evade]

Thank you all for your work on this!

Christian, my original bug (which this came out of) was about needing
updates for both open-vmtools AND the open-vm-tools-desktop package.  I
understand that the open-vm-tools-desktop packages needs to be updated
in step with OVT.  Is it being addressed please?

Thank you

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

The upload is in the SRU queue [3] for xenial to be reviewed one last time (by 
the SRU Team now).
We have plenty of tests on the PPA already which is the same as what we 
propose, once it is in proposed [1][2] (there will be an update here) I'd ask 
you to test that instead.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ProposedMigration
[2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
[3]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+queue?queue_state=1

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Andreas Hasenack]

I did some quick testing with vsphere 6 and esx for the merge proposal, copied 
below:
- upgrade from previous version, including dev and desktop subpackages
- used an ESXi xenial vm for testing
- some actions in the vsphere GUI failed with the previous version, worked 
out-of-the box with the new one ("view guest user mappings"). Well, that's the 
only one I managed to try actually, but it's progress.
- removal and purging of the packages
- vmblock fuse mounted after install

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Andreas Hasenack]

I did some quick testing with vsphere 6 and esx for the merge proposal, copied 
below:
- upgrade from previous version, including dev and desktop subpackages
- used an ESXi xenial vm for testing
- some actions in the vsphere GUI failed with the previous version, worked 
out-of-the box with the new one ("view guest user mappings"). Well, that's the 
only one I managed to try actually, but it's progress.
- removal and purging of the packages
- vmblock fuse mounted after install

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Andreas Hasenack]

** Merge proposal linked:
   
https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+merge/341797

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** Merge proposal linked:
   
https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+merge/341797

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Charles Crouch]

FWIW we've been trying out open-vm-tools version
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 and its been working great for us. Thanks
very much!

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

I prepared the SRU Template for this, there are two things to complete
before pushing:

1. VMWare will run more regression testing using the ovt automation package 
over the next days
2. I added an MP with the packaging changes to be reviewed [1]

Once both complete we can push it for the actual SRU.

[1]: https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

** Description changed:

- TODO - SRU Template
+ [Impact]
+ 
+  * Without SRUing the never version users get issues running on more 
+recent hipervisors.
+ 
+  * See comment #6 for where we decided to consider this SRU-worthy
+ 
+  * This is not backporting a single fix, but the version of a latter 
+Ubuntu release
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+  * This is special in this case, and there are two things
+ 
+  * a) If one doesn't have a vmware hipervisor he can take get a free 30 
+   day trial and test the upgrade in there
+ 
+  * b) more important there is a while matrix of potential hipervisor 
+   versions to test and none of us has them available. Therefore 
+   vmware being the owner of the hipservisor as well as the open-vm-
+   tools upstream project volunteered to verify the upload (already 
+   done on the PPA ,will be done on the SRU again)
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+  * This is quite a bump of versions, so if the new version has issues 
+the old one had not there might be regressions. There are no known 
+issues like that atm and this also is why we pulled VMWare into 
+helping us with the verification (as they are more an authority to 
+call it good)
+ 
+ [Other Info]
+  
+  * This was meant to go to backports, but after several discussions a 
+release via SRU is preferred as this will benefit all users way more.
+ 
+  * Down the road we intend to re-do so for the LTS releases >=Xenial of 
+Ubuntu backporting from the most recent Dev release, so ~6 month 
+cadence.
  
  ---
  
  This is no more intended to be a backport, but instead an SRU
  Keep the content if ever needed again.
  
  Description:
  Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic to xenial.
  
  Reason for the backport:
  
  Newer versions of VMWare ESXi, especially newer features of those require the 
availability of newer open-vm-tools in the guest.
  Making that available as an SRU is at the moment considered to be too much of 
a risk due to the lack of a vast array of ESXi verification setups.
  But it seems good and somewhat tested, while OTOH important for several 
users, which is why it seems the backports pocket is just the right pocket to 
go to.
  
  Testing:
  
  A ppa is made available for testing at:
  https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152
  You can test it with:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152
  apt install open-vm-tools
  
  * xenial - build:
  [No - see below] Package builds without modification
  
  * xenial - install:
  (tested on VMWare Workstation 14 - upgrading to ppa version)
  [X] open-vm-tools installs cleanly and runs
  [X] open-vm-tools-desktop installs cleanly and runs
  [X] open-vm-tools-dev installs cleanly and runs
  (ppa builds with debug, so I enabled debug from ppa for these tests)
  [X] open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym installs cleanly and runs
  [X] open-vm-tools-dbgsym installs cleanly and runs
  
  * Modifications:
  The backport needs some modifications to build:
  - run autoreconf/systemd dh helpers
  - use the older debhelper B-D
  - revert to compat 10 (which is the latest supported in xenial)
  Modifications are made available as git tree for easy review.
  => 
https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+ref/backport-xenial-lp1741390
  
  You might need to get the tarballs first to build so I recommend:
  $ pull-lp-source open-vm-tools
  $ git clone -b backport-xenial-lp1741390 
https://git.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools
  Then you can review/modify/build locally
  $ cd open-vm-tools
  $ dpkg-buildpackage -S -nc -d -sa -v2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
  
  If you are a "git ubuntu" user you could also do
  $ git ubuntu clone open-vm-tools
  $ git ubuntu remote add paelzer
  $ git checkout backport-xenial-lp1741390
  
  Reverse dependencies:
  =
  The following reverse-dependencies need to be tested against the new version 
of open-vm-tools. For reverse-build-dependencies (-Indep), please test that the 
package still builds against the new open-vm-tools. For reverse-dependencies, 
please test that the version of the package currently in the release still 
works with the new open-vm-tools installed. Reverse- Recommends, Suggests, and 
Enhances don't need to be tested, and are listed for completeness-sake.
  
  open-vm-tools
  -
  * ubuntu-server
    -- the base version is seeded, nothing to test-rebuild
    [X] xenial (Reverse-Depends)
  * open-vm-tools-dkms
    -- the newer version no more provides and no more depends on that
    -- the breaks/replaces is very old and no issue
    [X] xenial (Reverse-Recommends)
    [X] xenial (Reverse-Replaces)
    [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
  * procps
    -- very old break, no issue
    [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
  * usrmerge
    -- very old conflict, no issue
    [X] xenial (Reverse-Conflicts)
  
  

[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
   Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Description changed:

+ TODO - SRU Template
+ 
+ ---
+ 
+ This is no more intended to be a backport, but instead an SRU
+ Keep the content if ever needed again.
+ 
  Description:
  Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic to xenial.
  
  Reason for the backport:
  
  Newer versions of VMWare ESXi, especially newer features of those require the 
availability of newer open-vm-tools in the guest.
  Making that available as an SRU is at the moment considered to be too much of 
a risk due to the lack of a vast array of ESXi verification setups.
  But it seems good and somewhat tested, while OTOH important for several 
users, which is why it seems the backports pocket is just the right pocket to 
go to.
  
  Testing:
  
  A ppa is made available for testing at:
  https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152
  You can test it with:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152
  apt install open-vm-tools
  
  * xenial - build:
  [No - see below] Package builds without modification
  
  * xenial - install:
  (tested on VMWare Workstation 14 - upgrading to ppa version)
  [X] open-vm-tools installs cleanly and runs
  [X] open-vm-tools-desktop installs cleanly and runs
  [X] open-vm-tools-dev installs cleanly and runs
  (ppa builds with debug, so I enabled debug from ppa for these tests)
  [X] open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym installs cleanly and runs
  [X] open-vm-tools-dbgsym installs cleanly and runs
  
  * Modifications:
  The backport needs some modifications to build:
  - run autoreconf/systemd dh helpers
  - use the older debhelper B-D
  - revert to compat 10 (which is the latest supported in xenial)
  Modifications are made available as git tree for easy review.
  => 
https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+ref/backport-xenial-lp1741390
  
  You might need to get the tarballs first to build so I recommend:
  $ pull-lp-source open-vm-tools
  $ git clone -b backport-xenial-lp1741390 
https://git.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools
  Then you can review/modify/build locally
  $ cd open-vm-tools
  $ dpkg-buildpackage -S -nc -d -sa -v2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
  
  If you are a "git ubuntu" user you could also do
  $ git ubuntu clone open-vm-tools
  $ git ubuntu remote add paelzer
  $ git checkout backport-xenial-lp1741390
  
  Reverse dependencies:
  =
  The following reverse-dependencies need to be tested against the new version 
of open-vm-tools. For reverse-build-dependencies (-Indep), please test that the 
package still builds against the new open-vm-tools. For reverse-dependencies, 
please test that the version of the package currently in the release still 
works with the new open-vm-tools installed. Reverse- Recommends, Suggests, and 
Enhances don't need to be tested, and are listed for completeness-sake.
  
  open-vm-tools
  -
  * ubuntu-server
-   -- the base version is seeded, nothing to test-rebuild
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Depends)
+   -- the base version is seeded, nothing to test-rebuild
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Depends)
  * open-vm-tools-dkms
-   -- the newer version no more provides and no more depends on that
-   -- the breaks/replaces is very old and no issue
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Recommends)
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Replaces)
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
+   -- the newer version no more provides and no more depends on that
+   -- the breaks/replaces is very old and no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Recommends)
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Replaces)
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
  * procps
-   -- very old break, no issue
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
+   -- very old break, no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
  * usrmerge
-   -- very old conflict, no issue
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Conflicts)
+   -- very old conflict, no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Conflicts)
  
  open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym
  
  
  open-vm-tools-dbgsym
  
  
  open-vm-tools-desktop
  -
  * open-vm-tools-dkms
-   -- the -dkms package is no more provided - no issue
-   [X] xenial (Reverse-Suggests)
+   -- the -dkms package is no more provided - no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Suggests)
  
  open-vm-tools-dev
  -
  
- 
  - original bug -
- 
  
  The latest Xenial open-vm-tools package is almost two years out of date.
  
  I'm building Xenial systems in an up-to-date VMware environment and I
  need VMware tools updated to the latest stable version.  We have
  experienced problems with VMware products when different components were
  

[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

> The new version in the ppa 10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 is good for
a retest.

verified. It works well with the new package version.

Env:
VMs:ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64 and ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64
open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop version: 10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 from 
ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

File is \x2d
Name has to be escaped as \\x2d for e.g. systemctl

This is exactly as we have it in later releases with the fix - so the
file names are "ok" despite still feeling odd to have it named that way.

It turns out that the old 'deb-systemd-helper' is fine with the name - that is 
the reason it is installed and enabled corretcly.
The failing part is 'deb-systemd.invoke', that would need other escapes.
This call is no more existing in newer Ubuntu releases as dh_installsystemd has 
taken over there but does not exist on Xenial yet.

The newer version of deb-systemd-invoke is no more used in Bionic, but
it would be fixed - not worth for this case but nice to know.

The older Xenial version failes the same way at the moment btw.
So we are fixing a real bug in Xenial, not just removing backport artifacts.
Essentially it is not started on install and stopped on upgrade until reboot.

The escaping in /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke is inconsistent.
For the first check we would need to pass: run-vmblockx2dfuse.mount
But for the second we would need to pass: run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount

The "real" fix would be in /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke:
my $enabled_output = `/bin/systemctl is-enabled -- '$unit'`;
to
my $enabled_output = `/bin/systemctl is-enabled -- $unit`;
But that has too many regression risks on an SRU.


But for open-vm-tools alone we can fix this up by overriding dh_systemd_start.
Generated:
if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
deb-systemd-invoke start run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount >/dev/null || true
fi
Has to be replaced with a custom snipped to handle the esacping.
I checked the other calls to deb-systemd-invoke, e.g. the stop - they work fine 
with the names.

I have fixed the issues and ran test builds.
The now:
- do not report the warnigns on install/upgrade they did before
- the service is active right after install of open-vm-tools-desktop

The new version in the ppa 10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 is good for a
retest.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Hmm, I had the service running in my test, but I started it on my own.
Maybe the remaining issue now is that it is not started by default - we know 
there were some issues due to the special name of this service making dh tools 
stumble over it (and those changed in different versions).
I'll take a look at the auto-start and install-messages of it in particular and 
thanks for taking a look again.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Ok, I can reproduce the issue with a full purge and reinstall.
The enable part is good on install - the service is enabled and not just 
dropped on disk as a file.
But the follow on start is what fails - which also explains why it worked after 
a reboot without further modification.
That is enough for me to reiterate until I have a fix.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

> Checks for reported deficiencies:
> 1. vmware-toolbox-cmd works (e.g. timesync status)
> 2. run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount exists and starts without errors
> 3. vgauth.service exists and starts without errors

> That said at everybody, please re-evaluate the ppa [1].

>[1]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152


still get error message as follows when type "apt-get install 
open-vm-tools-desktop" in ubuntu-16.04-desktop-64bit and 
ubuntu-16.04.1-Server-64bit.
   Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblockx2dfuse.mount: No such file or 
directory
   run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.


The following is detail message when install open-vm-tools-desktop in 
ubuntu-16.04-desktop-64bit

virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop
[sudo] password for vmware: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree   
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  open-vm-tools-desktop
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 607 not upgraded.
Need to get 128 kB of archives.
After this operation, 464 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/3152/ubuntu xenial/main 
amd64 open-vm-tools-desktop amd64 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa5 [128 kB]
Fetched 128 kB in 4s (26.3 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-desktop.
(Reading database ... 172417 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack 
.../open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa5) ...
Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblockx2dfuse.mount: No such file or 
directory
run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
vmware@vmware-virtual-machine:~$ 


best regards
Yuhua Zou

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Checks for reported deficiencies:
1. vmware-toolbox-cmd works (e.g. timesync status)
2. run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount exists and starts without errors
3. vgauth.service exists and starts without errors

That said at everybody, please re-evaluate the ppa [1].

[1]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Latest build in the ppa looks fine from a build POV.
I'm going to test this tomorrow morning for the open issues, but please 
everybody that can easily test things (e.g. automation available) feel free to 
retest already.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

For #1 VGAuathServices this is already built against libxmlsec1-dev (was the 
fix for bug 1677196 ).
It must be an artifact of the backport, maybe the older version lacks something.

I found in the build log:
checking xmlsec/xmlsec.h usability... no
checking xmlsec/xmlsec.h presence... no
checking for xmlsec/xmlsec.h... no
checking for xmlsec1-config... /usr/bin/xmlsec1-config

OTOH a newer build (e.g. the same on Bionic) has this as well:
checking xmlsec/xmlsec.h usability... no
checking xmlsec/xmlsec.h presence... no
checking for xmlsec/xmlsec.h... no
checking for xmlsec1-config... /usr/bin/xmlsec1-config

Ignoring the above I clearly confirm that the service is missing.
./lib/systemd/system/vgauth.service is in
[1] bionic, but not [2] backport build.

[1]: 
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/358778573/buildlog_ubuntu-bionic-amd64.open-vm-tools_2%3A10.2.0-3ubuntu2_BUILDING.txt.gz
[2]: 
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/358001805/buildlog_ubuntu-xenial-amd64.open-vm-tools_2%3A10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2_BUILDING.txt.gz


I found dh_installsystemd used in the new code which didn't exist back then.
Therefore the override in d/rules effectively became a no-op and by that 
forgetting most of the services vgauth, fus.mount and also some renames due to 
the special char in those services.

This needs some more cleanups, I'm currently iterating on the ppa and
will post here once it is ready for retest.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

> [1]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152

> Please give this PPA a test and let us know if its a good candidate
for an SRU to xenial.

Env:
VMs:ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64 and ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64
open-vm-tools version: 10.2.0.1608(build-7253323) from 
ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152

Result:
Two errors are found when install open-vm-tools related packages from untrusted 
PPA by adding ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152

1)  VGAuathServices is not running because /lib/systemd/system/vgauth.service 
is missing 
   when update to / install open-vm-tools 10.2.0

   (Note: refer https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
tools/+bug/1677196 for the fix)

2) get error message as follows when type "apt-get install 
open-vm-tools-desktop"
   /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error:unable to read run-vmblock-fuse.mount
   Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblock-fuse.mount:No such file or 
directory.

   (Note: This is a known bug at Canonical: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1639222.
   In fact this issue has been fixed in ubuntu 17.10 with bundled 
open-vm-tools-desktop version 2:10.1.10-3ubuntu0.1 and ubuntu 18.04 with 
bundled open-vm-tools-desktop 10.2.0-3ubuntu2)


Steps:
1) add repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152
sudo apt-get update

2) update to / install open-vm-tools 10.2.0, and then check tools,
vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd

3) reboot guestOS and check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd

4) uninstall open-vm-tools and then check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-
cmd

5) reboot guestOS and check tools, vgauth, vmware-toolbox-cmd

6) install/uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[David Britton]

@John, @Oliver, @vmware-gos-qa


[1]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152

Please give this PPA a test and let us know if its a good candidate for
an SRU to xenial.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

I now have several leads which raise my mood on this.
I already had one party testing the locally which made us spot an issue with 
the latest version in regard to xenials systemd (bug 1750780). But that is 
fixed already in the proposed ppa.

We now also got vmware itself taking a look at the proposed changes in
the ppa which should update here in a bit.

Since this is the first time this is formally introduced it might take a
while, but I think if all that works together we can work out a formal
SRU exception that will allow to do that regularly.

Next Steps:
1. smoke test ack on the ppa 3152 by VMware (result: comment on this bug)
--- the following are follow on actions in my mind, not yet discussed/agreed 
with the others ---
2. create SRU exception (I'll do that) agreed by VMware on how/who verifies 
them (result: SRU exception wiki page)
3. ack by the SRU Team on the exception (result: ack by SRU team)
4. upload verified open-vm-tools versions under above SRU exception regularly 
(result: up to date open-vm-tools in Ubuntu)

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[evade]

Hi Emily,

I'm sorry, I posted my previous message in a hurry without checking out
what the vulnerabilities involved.

Thanks for your response and the CVE link for open-vm-tools.  That's
helpful!

Can you please tell me the URL for the companion open-vm-tools-desktop
package?  It wasn't obvious.


Although this bug has been turned in to one about a specific package in Xenial, 
I see this as a bigger issue for all LTS releases.  If an LTS release won't be 
patched to resolve a low priority vulnerability, what level of vulnerability 
will trigger a patch?

If such a patch is required, will the maintainer(s) attempt to write a
mitigation or back-port a fix, or will they upgrade these packages in
the process anyway?

Unlike many packages used in an LTS, Open VM Tools does not have a long-
term stable release, it's always moving forward.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[Emily Ratliff]

VMSA-2017-0013 describes the following CVEs: CVE-2017-4921,
CVE-2017-4922, CVE-2017-4923, CVE-2015-5191. Of these, only
CVE-2015-5191 is applicable to open-vm-tools and it is partially
mitigated via symlink restrictions. It is on the list to be fixed, but
is currently rated low.

VMSA-2018-0003 describes CVE-2017-4945, CVE-2017-4946, and
CVE-2017-4948. CVE-2017-4945 is applicable to VM tools, but only for
Windows guests, so it is not applicable to the open-vm-tools package.
CVE-2017-4946 and CVE-2017-4948 are not applicable to open-vm-tools.

You can see the CVE status for the package at
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/pkg/open-vm-tools.html

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-5191

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-4921

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-4922

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-4923

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-4945

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-4946

** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-4948

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[evade]

Update: There are security vulnerabilities in the current version OVT
10.0.7.  Can you please update this ticket appropriately?


I don't yet know where the CVE's are publicly published but VMware support tell 
me:

"
Later releases of VMware Tools specifically 10.0.9 for CVE listed in VMSA - 
VMSA-2017-0013 and 10.2.0 has fixes for CVE Listed in VMSA - VMSA-2018-0003
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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[evade]

PS: IMO this ticket should address the issue of rebasing OVT across LTS
releases, not just backporting one package from bionic to xenial.

We need to rely on the latest stable OVT being available in all LTS
releases when we upgrade to 18.04 later this year.

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[evade]

Hi,

VMware Tools Product Management Team (indirectly) responded to me.  They
are also disappointed that Canonical is not rebasing open-vm-tools for
LTS releases.  (I too would suggest it is in Canonical's interest to
keep open-vm-tools updated for LTS releases)

I don't know what discussions you folks are having internally, but what
happened to the response Steve Langasek made above (#6)?


Also, I wonder if your expectation of them testing Ubuntu is a bit
unrealistic.

Perhaps a compromise might be reached between the two organisations where they 
assist you to set up automated testing?
Perhaps they might at least provide you some cloud instances on their 
Hypervisors so you don't have to bear the hardware/compute cost?


Thanks again!

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[Bug 1741390] Re: Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic

[ChristianEhrhardt]

I added Xenial-Backports for an ack of the backports Team.
I updated the bug description with a full backport-request template for this 
case (as you'd do on an SRU with the SRU template).

This is my first backport to the actual -backports pocket, please let me know 
who of us eventually uploads what exactly to where.
I built the source as I assumed it will be needed, but need your experience if 
you need modifications.

@Backport Team - please review and ack or let me know what needs to be
changed.


** Description changed:

+ Description:
+ Please backport open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3 (main) from bionic to xenial.
+ 
+ Reason for the backport:
+ 
+ Newer versions of VMWare ESXi, especially newer features of those require the 
availability of newer open-vm-tools in the guest.
+ Making that available as an SRU is at the moment considered to be too much of 
a risk due to the lack of a vast array of ESXi verification setups.
+ But it seems good and somewhat tested, while OTOH important for several 
users, which is why it seems the backports pocket is just the right pocket to 
go to.
+ 
+ Testing:
+ 
+ A ppa is made available for testing at:
+ https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3152
+ You can test it with:
+ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3152
+ apt install open-vm-tools
+ 
+ * xenial - build:
+ [No - see below] Package builds without modification
+ 
+ * xenial - install:
+ (tested on VMWare Workstation 14 - upgrading to ppa version)
+ [X] open-vm-tools installs cleanly and runs
+ [X] open-vm-tools-desktop installs cleanly and runs
+ [X] open-vm-tools-dev installs cleanly and runs
+ (ppa builds with debug, so I enabled debug from ppa for these tests)
+ [X] open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym installs cleanly and runs
+ [X] open-vm-tools-dbgsym installs cleanly and runs
+ 
+ * Modifications:
+ The backport needs some modifications to build:
+ - run autoreconf/systemd dh helpers
+ - use the older debhelper B-D
+ - revert to compat 10 (which is the latest supported in xenial)
+ Modifications are made available as git tree for easy review.
+ => 
https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+ref/backport-xenial-lp1741390
+ 
+ You might need to get the tarballs first to build so I recommend:
+ $ pull-lp-source open-vm-tools
+ $ git clone -b backport-xenial-lp1741390 
https://git.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools
+ Then you can review/modify/build locally
+ $ cd open-vm-tools
+ $ dpkg-buildpackage -S -nc -d -sa -v2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
+ 
+ If you are a "git ubuntu" user you could also do
+ $ git ubuntu clone open-vm-tools
+ $ git ubuntu remote add paelzer
+ $ git checkout backport-xenial-lp1741390
+ 
+ Reverse dependencies:
+ =
+ The following reverse-dependencies need to be tested against the new version 
of open-vm-tools. For reverse-build-dependencies (-Indep), please test that the 
package still builds against the new open-vm-tools. For reverse-dependencies, 
please test that the version of the package currently in the release still 
works with the new open-vm-tools installed. Reverse- Recommends, Suggests, and 
Enhances don't need to be tested, and are listed for completeness-sake.
+ 
+ open-vm-tools
+ -
+ * ubuntu-server
+   -- the base version is seeded, nothing to test-rebuild
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Depends)
+ * open-vm-tools-dkms
+   -- the newer version no more provides and no more depends on that
+   -- the breaks/replaces is very old and no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Recommends)
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Replaces)
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
+ * procps
+   -- very old break, no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Breaks)
+ * usrmerge
+   -- very old conflict, no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Conflicts)
+ 
+ open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym
+ 
+ 
+ open-vm-tools-dbgsym
+ 
+ 
+ open-vm-tools-desktop
+ -
+ * open-vm-tools-dkms
+   -- the -dkms package is no more provided - no issue
+   [X] xenial (Reverse-Suggests)
+ 
+ open-vm-tools-dev
+ -
+ 
+ 
+ - original bug -
+ 
+ 
  The latest Xenial open-vm-tools package is almost two years out of date.
  
  I'm building Xenial systems in an up-to-date VMware environment and I
  need VMware tools updated to the latest stable version.  We have
  experienced problems with VMware products when different components were
  mismatched.
  
  We also require open-vm-tools-desktop updated as a bug in either it or
  this package are causing problems with a VMware's Horizon view virtual
  desktop environment.
  
- 
- Version 10.0.7 of open-vm-tools was first released in February 2016.  The 
current stable is 10.2.0 released in December last year.
+ Version 10.0.7 of open-vm-tools was first released in February 2016.
+ The current stable is 10.2.0 released in December last year.
  
  See: