OpenServer 5.0.7V Version 1.0.0 for VMware Build Notes for Open Source Source Code Distributions ------------------------------------------------------- I. List of Open Source Packages for OpenServer 5.0.7V Version 1.0.0 for VMware Listed below is the source code distribution of the new open source packages that are included in the OpenServer 5.0.7V product. Source Code Package ------------------------------------------------------- vmtools-2009.06.18-172495-OSR507V-src.tar.gz The VMware Tools for OpenServer 5.0.7V source distribution archive vmtools-2009.06.18-172495-OSR507V-src.tar.gz contains the source, patches, scripts, and instructions for rebuilding the VMware Tools for OpenServer 5.0.7V as well as the necessary open source dependencies. ------------------------------------------------------- II. Software Notes and Build Instructions 1. See the individual README and top-level files inside the archive as well as the cover letter for the OpenServer 5.0.7V Build Supplement for VMware Tools: vmtools/README vmtools/vols/osr5/P535493A/p535493a.txt 2. This source archive includes open source source for these components: open-vm-tools - VMware Tools libdnet - low-level network interface library pth - GNU Portable Threads skglib - threaded glib uriparser - RFC 3986 compliant URI parsing library netkit-rpc - basic network tools, including rpcgen, used in the VMware Tools build on OpenServer 5.0.7V These components are intended to be used together on an OpenServer 5.0.7V system and only for enabling/running the VMware Tools. More general uses of the other packages is not supported. 3. The source archive also includes this patch: P535493A, OpenServer 5.0.7V Build Supplement for VMware Tools P535493A provides patches to header files needed to build the open source packages listed in #1. You should add P535493A to your OpenServer 5.0.7V system before building the libdnet, pth, skglib, uriparser, and/or vmtools components. You should remove the P535493A patch before adding any additional OpenServer 5.0.7V updates. 4. Extraction To extract the VMware Tools for OpenServer 5.0.7V source distribution, execute the following command: # gzcat vmtools-2009.06.18-172495-OSR507V-src.tar.gz | tar xf - Afer successful extraction of the source archive, see the file vmtools/README for further information on the contents of the archive, build requirements, the recompilation process, and references. --------------------------------------------------------- © Copyright 2009 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.