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make-vmpkg

NAME

make-vmpkg - build VMware packages from VMware tarballs

SYNOPSIS

make-vmpkg [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

make-vmpkg builds a set of non-redistributable Debian binary packages (.debs) from packaging data delivered with vmware-package and a VMware product tarball that you must obtain.

make-vmpkg will check that the tarball has the same md5sum and version number as one that was tested to work with vmware-package. These checks can be overridden.

For a complete example of usage, please see the file /usr/share/doc/vmware-package/README.Debian.

The following products are currently supported:

workstation

VMware Workstation 6.0. Includes kernel modules.

player

VMware Player 2.0. Includes kernel modules.

server

VMware Server 1.0. Includes kernel modules.

server-console

VMware Server Console 1.0. This is a GTK application for managing VMware Server.

server-mui

VMware Server Management Interface 1.0. This is a web-based management interface for VMware Server.

any-any

VMware kernel modules for Linux taken from Petr Vandrovec's vmware-any-any update. These modules are suitable for some versions of VMware Player, VMware Workstation, and VMware Server.

Command line options:

-b, --builddir=DIR

package build directory

-d, --nodelete

refrain from deleting the source package directory

-D, --distribution=NAME

set the distribution name (default UNRELEASED)

-k, --kernel

build kernel modules (requires root privileges)

-l, --localver=VER

local version (appended to the upstream version)

-m, --maintainer=MAINT

local maintainer name and email address in RFC 822 format if $DEBFULLNAME and $DEBEMAIL are not set

-n, --dryrun

perform a dry run, do not begin the package build (implies -d)

-r, --rootcmd=CMD

command to gain root privileges during package build

-s, --skipchecks

skip version and md5sum checks

-p, --product=PRODUCT

attempt to build a specific product

-u, --upstreamver=VER

force the upstream version

FILE should be the path to a tarball containing one of the supported VMware products and is the only required argument.

AUTHOR

Written by Marc Haber and Robert Edmonds.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs in make-vmpkg and the VMware packaging to the vmware-package package in the Debian BTS. Report bugs in VMware products to VMware, Inc.

Bugs in VMware products that can be reproduced in both make-vmpkg generated packages and the official VMware tarballs should be reported to VMware, Inc. Bugs that can only be reproduced in make-vmpkg generated packages should be reported to the Debian BTS with wishlist severity.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007 Marc Haber, Robert Edmonds
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.