[Bug 1500581] Re: open-vm-tools-dkms fails to build on kernel 4.2 (Wily Werewolf) [error: implicit declaration of function ‘nd_set_link’]

[Mikhail Rokhin]

Another fail:

sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-4.2.0-16 linux-headers-4.2.0-16-generic
  linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-16-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  open-vm-tools-dkms
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools-dkms
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/518 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,640 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-desktop.
(Reading database ... 241725 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking open-vm-tools-desktop (2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-dkms.
Preparing to unpack .../open-vm-tools-dkms_2%3a9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3_all.deb ...
Unpacking open-vm-tools-dkms (2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3) ...


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.
Setting up open-vm-tools-dkms (2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3) ...
Loading new open-vm-tools-9.10.2 DKMS files...
Building only for 4.2.0-22-generic
Building initial module for 4.2.0-22-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/open-vm-tools-dkms.0.crash'
Error!  Build of vmhgfs.ko failed for: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/9.10.2/build/ for more information.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.120ubuntu6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-22-generic


Could you port version 10 like Fedora did?

Thank you.

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Title:
  open-vm-tools-dkms fails to build on kernel 4.2 (Wily Werewolf)
  [error: implicit declaration of function ‘nd_set_link’]

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