Hi, just in case someone looks at the bugs and didn't track the rest, there are MPs [1][2][3] ready to consider on Salsa that will implement this.
[1]: https://salsa.debian.org/vmware-packaging-team/pkg-open-vm-tools/-/merge_requests/3 [2]: https://salsa.debian.org/vmware-packaging-team/pkg-open-vm-tools/-/merge_requests/4 [3]: https://salsa.debian.org/vmware-packaging-team/pkg-open-vm-tools/-/merge_requests/5 -- Christian Ehrhardt Staff Engineer, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd