Package Details: open-vm-tools-git 13.0.10-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/open-vm-tools-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: open-vm-tools-git
Description: Open VMware Tools for Linux guests (running Wayland only)
Upstream URL: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Keywords: vmware wayland
Licenses: GPL-2.0-only, LGPL-2.1-only
Submitter: rurreac
Maintainer: rurreac
Last Packager: rurreac
Votes: 1
Popularity: 0.48
First Submitted: 2025-11-17 21:16 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-03-15 18:58 (UTC)

Latest Comments

bilgecrank commented on 2026-03-15 20:00 (UTC)

Installs like a charm on both x86_64 and aarch64.

Thanks!

rurreac commented on 2026-03-15 19:11 (UTC)

Released the version 13.0.10 of the vmtools. Give it a try and let me know.

bilgecrank commented on 2026-03-14 20:34 (UTC)

This fails to compile around this point on my machines:

hgfsEscape.c: In function 'HgfsAddEscapeCharacter':
hgfsEscape.c:201:15: error: assignment discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
  201 |       illegal = strchr(HGFS_ILLEGAL_CHARS, bufIn[escapeContext->processedOffset]);
      |               ^
hgfsEscape.c: In function 'HgfsIsEscapeSequence':
hgfsEscape.c:586:21: error: assignment discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
  586 |          substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 2]);
      |                     ^
hgfsEscape.c:591:18: error: assignment discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
  591 |       substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]);
      |                  ^
hgfsEscape.c: In function 'HgfsEscapeUndoComponent':
hgfsEscape.c:890:29: error: initialization discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
  890 |          char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]);
      |                             ^~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [Makefile:531: hgfsEscape.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bilge/.cache/rua/build/open-vm-tools-git/src/open-vm-tools-stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:520: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bilge/.cache/rua/build/open-vm-tools-git/src/open-vm-tools-stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/lib'
make: *** [Makefile:568: all-recursive] Error 1