open-vm-tools - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: open-vm-tools (main)
version: 2:12.5.0-2
maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Christian Ehrhardt [DMD]
arch: amd64 arm64 i386
std-ver: 4.6.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

oldstable: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3
old-sec: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4
old-bpo: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2~bpo11+1
stable: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2
stable-sec: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3
stable-bpo: 2:12.5.0-2~bpo12+1
stable-p-u: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3
testing: 2:12.5.0-2
unstable: 2:12.5.0-2
exp: 2:13.0.0-1

versioned links

2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2~bpo11+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:12.5.0-2~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:12.5.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:13.0.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

open-vm-tools (7 bugs: 0, 5, 2, 0)
open-vm-tools-containerinfo
open-vm-tools-desktop (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
open-vm-tools-dev
open-vm-tools-salt-minion
open-vm-tools-sdmp

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 01 September due to golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-5: #1109513, #1109514, #1109515, #1109516, #1109517, #1109655 high

Version 2:12.5.0-2 of open-vm-tools is marked for autoremoval from testing on Mon 01 Sep 2025. It depends (transitively) on golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-5, affected by #1109513, #1109514, #1109515, #1109516, #1109517, #1109655. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2025-07-26 Last update: 2025-07-30 00:00

A new upstream version is available: 13.0.0 high

A new upstream version 13.0.0 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-05-16 Last update: 2025-07-29 21:30

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-07-30 01:01

7 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit da7752643f462e2e797b031ea99d999f52243147
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 18:11:13 2025 +0200

    Updating changelog

commit 6e2779cf080ea3dac4fb72567f11eead5fcfb72b
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 18:10:23 2025 +0200

    Refreshing patches.
    
    Dropping patches applied upstream

commit 2adfae241d1af705c4cfef90c98c2a252693f65e
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 18:07:04 2025 +0200

    Updating changelog

commit 221ce5609cfb25a261752b2d48884e4acdd1a0f0
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 17:55:22 2025 +0200

    snapshot changelog

commit 3c58a42fbf6e7c8c40bc8cfb116eb35b2c041ff1
Merge: 209b17e9 2f266983
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 17:53:36 2025 +0200

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/13.0.0'
    
    Update to upstream version '13.0.0'
    with Debian dir 6f870dfda57fe5e5393430ac15b5e7871448b681

commit 2f2669831a0b602f343d6f9545a1d1323ee2b466
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Tue Jun 24 17:53:23 2025 +0200

    New upstream version 13.0.0

commit 209b17e9385bfd8eadd5e9ec89098bf30c77060b
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>
Date:   Sat May 31 21:51:13 2025 +0200

    Add libcrypt-dev to Build-Depends.
    
    Closes: #1106954

Created: 2025-05-31 Last update: 2025-07-24 13:30

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-05-13 Last update: 2025-05-13 02:32

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 2:12.5.0-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-05-13 11:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.1).

Created: 2022-12-17 Last update: 2025-05-13 01:30

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-libxml2 transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-protobuf transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-xmlsec1 transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-grpc transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2025-06-24] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:13.0.0-1 (source) into experimental (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-05-31] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2~bpo11+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-05-22] open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-17] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-05-14] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u3 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-05-14] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u4 (source) into oldstable-security (Bernd Zeimetz) (signed by: Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2025-05-12] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-05-12] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-2 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-04-11] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1~bpo11+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-04-11] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2025-01-13] open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-08] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.5.0-1 (source) into unstable (Christian Ehrhardt)
[2024-07-18] open-vm-tools 2:12.4.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-13] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.5-1 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2024-05-07] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1~bpo11+1 (source) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: weasel@debian.org)
[2024-05-07] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bernd Zeimetz) (signed by: weasel@debian.org)
[2024-05-01] open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-03] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2024-04-02] open-vm-tools REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-01] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-5 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-12-13] open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-07] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-4 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-12-03] open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-27] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-3 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-11-27] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-2 (source) into unstable (Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-11-07] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-11-05] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 (source) into oldoldstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2023-11-04] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-11-01] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:12.3.5-1~bpo11+1 (source amd64) into oldstable-backports-sloppy (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)
[2023-10-31] Accepted open-vm-tools 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bernd Zeimetz)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 13
RC: 0
I&N: 9
M&W: 4
F&P: 0
patch: 1
NC: 1

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version: 2:13.0.0-1
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