** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ * An explanation of the effects of the bug on users and
+
+ * justification for backporting the fix to the stable release.
+
+ * In addition, it is helpful, but not required, to include an
+ explanation of how the upload fixes this bug.
+
+ [Test Case]
+
+ * Install open-vm-tools but not open-vm-tools-desktop
+ * $ dpkg-query --show open-vm-tools
+ open-vm-tools 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
+ $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/vmware-user
+ open-vm-tools: /usr/bin/vmware-user
+ $ ls -l /usr/bin/vmware-user
+ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 10 11:25 /usr/bin/vmware-user
+ -> vmware-user-suid-wrapper
+ $ ls -l /usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
+ ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper':
+ No such file or directory
+ * That above is the dangling symlink which would be resolved manually by
+ an install of open-vm-tools-desktop (but we don't want)
+ * After the upgrade the source AND target of the symlink should be part
+ of open-vm-tools-desktop so without it being installed it should not
+ exists and with it installed it should exist and point to an existing
+ file
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+
+ * THe regression I could think of is if people manually fixed up the
+ symlink and the update changing that, but this isn't meant to be a
+ conffile or conf-symlink in that sense - so I'd not expect that case to
+ be real and valid in the field.
+
+ [Other Info]
+
+ * n/a
+
+ ---
+ Original report
+
$ dpkg-query --show open-vmware-tools
dpkg-query: no packages found matching open-vmware-tools
$ dpkg-query --show open-vm-tools
open-vm-tools 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
- $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/vmware-user
+ $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/vmware-user
open-vm-tools: /usr/bin/vmware-user
$ ls -l /usr/bin/vmware-user
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 10 11:25 /usr/bin/vmware-user ->
vmware-user-suid-wrapper
$ ls -l /usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper': No such file or
directory
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: open-vm-tools 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 7 19:17:38 2018
ProcEnviron:
- TERM=screen-256color
- PATH=(custom, no user)
- XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
- LANG=C.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ TERM=screen-256color
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+ LANG=C.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Cosmic)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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