[Bug 1779793] Re: open VM tools DKMS fails to build mostly due to multiply defined preprocessor symbols [error: implicit declaration of function 'init_timer_deferrable']

[Andreas Hasenack]

Looks like the dkms package was indeed deprecated in later releases. The
last ubuntu release where I can find it is artful:

andreas at nsnx:~$ rmadison open-vm-tools-dkms
 open-vm-tools-dkms | 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6          | trusty/universe         | all
 open-vm-tools-dkms | 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4        | trusty-updates/universe | all
 open-vm-tools-dkms | 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1         | xenial/universe         | all
 open-vm-tools-dkms | 2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2 | xenial-updates/universe | all
 open-vm-tools-dkms | 2:10.1.10-3                       | artful/universe         | all
 open-vm-tools-dkms | 2:10.1.10-3ubuntu0.1              | artful-updates/universe | all

It was dropped in debian in version 2:10.2.0-1 on Fri, 19 Jan 2018:
open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
...
  * [5bf9301] Drop -dkms package.
    Thanks to Christian Ehrhardt (Closes: #884656)


Aha, that leads us to the upstream issue: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/217

And this particular comment: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/217#issuecomment-352119641
"""
is there any reason you are trying to build vmxnet driver on kernel 4.15? This driver is not supported for kernel version >= 3.3, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1001805.
"""

That kb article says:
"Note: VMXNET driver is only supported on kernels earlier than 3.3"

I guess this means this bug should be closed as "wontfix".

** Bug watch added: github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues #217
   https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/217

** No longer affects: linux-meta-hwe-edge (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix

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  open VM tools DKMS fails to build mostly due to multiply defined
  preprocessor symbols [error: implicit declaration of function
  'init_timer_deferrable']

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