Fwd: Re: We need VMware packages for Fedora and Debian (was: C header files location)

[Jason Spiro]

Hi Joseph and Zach,

How are you? I missed OLS this year because of a summer job, but I hope
to see you again there next year. :-)

Do either of you know: Do VMware have plans to package VMware Server for
Debian Linux 3.1 ("sarge") and 4.0 ("etch") and for Ubuntu?

(Based on my experience doing volunteer tech support on the Ubuntu IRC
channel, I think packaging VMware for Debian/Ubuntu would:

* increase your mindshare
* improve your reputation as a producer of easy-to-install software
* and, therefore, increase sales of VMware software and support.

What do you think?)

Regards,
Jason Spiro
Toronto, Canada

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: We need VMware packages for Fedora and Debian (was: C
header files location)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:21:04 +0100
From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages-ciUMMiFYEj8OIzVOb1FTxg at public.gmane.org>
To: Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
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Hi,

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:26:42PM -0500, Jason Spiro wrote:
> Do VMware not ship packages for Fedora Core? I know they don't have 
> Debian packages. There's only a vmware-player package in Debian.
> 
> I wish VMware was packaged for Debian. We should all write to VMware and 
> suggest it. Anyone know the proper email address is?
> 
> By the way, Marc Haber has kindly created a Debian package (in contrib) 
> called vmware-package. Description follows. Marc, perhaps you know: do 
> VMware have any plans for creating real Debian packages for VMware Server?

No idea. Vmware is playing a rather closed shop. Especially using
vmware-any-any has shown to be a communication killer.

> "This package provides the capability to create Debian packages for
> various VMware products and related software by obtaining VMware
> tarballs and then just running make-vmpkg.
> 
> It can currently build Debian packages for the following VMware and
> VMware related products:
> 
>    * VMware kernel modules for Linux, using the vmware-any-any tarball
> 
> It is planned to extend make-vmkg to build Debian packages for the
> following VMware products:
> 
>    * VMware Player 1.0.2

The package that is currently in Debian can already do this.

Please note that the kernel modules are specific to the Kernel _AND_
to the vmware userspace application, so if we extend vmware-package to
VMware Server, we'd need to extend the build process to build
vmware-any-any-player and vmware-any-any-server module sources.
Somebody with deeper make(1) knowledge than me is needed to do this.

Greetings
Marc
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