-# Open-vm-tools 12.0.0 Release Notes
+# Open-vm-tools 12.0.5 Release Notes
-Updated: 3 MAR 2022
+Updated on: 24th MAY 2022
-Open-vm-tools | 01 MAR 2022 | Build 19345655
+Open-vm-tools | 24th MAY 2022 | Build 19716617
Check back for additions and updates to these release notes.
* [What's New](#whatsnew)
* [Internationalization](#i18n)
* [End of Feature Support Notice](#endoffeaturesupport)
-* [Compatibility Notes](#compatibility)
* [Guest Operating System Customization Support](#guestop)
* [Interoperability Matrix](#interop)
* [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues)
## <a id="whatsnew" name="whatsnew"></a>What's New
-* Support for managing Salt Minion through guest variables. See [Enable Salt Minion Using VMware Tools](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.0.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-373CD922-AF80-4B76-B19B-17F83B8B0972.html).
-* Support for gathering and publishing a list of containers running inside Linux guests. See [Configure ContainerInfo for Linux](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.0.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-82490A5C-014C-46D9-815A-18B1C9E5312C.html).
+* There are no new features or significant changes in the open-vm-tools 12.0.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release.
-To implement these two features, open-vm-tools 12.0.0 release introduces an optional setup script and two plugins (one optional)
+* Please see the [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) and [Known Issues](#knownissues) sections below.
- * [Salt Minion Setup](#saltminion)
- * [Component Manager plugin](#compmgr)
- * [ContainerInfo plugin (optional)](#continfo)
+## <a id="i18n" name="i18n"></a>Internationalization
-### <a id="saltminion" name="saltminion"></a>Salt Minion Setup
-The Salt support on Linux consists of a single bash script to setup Salt Minion on VMware virtual machines. The script requires the "curl" and "awk" commands to be available on the system.
-
-Linux providers supplying open-vm-tools packages are recommended to provide Salt Minion support in a separate optional package - "open-vm-tools-salt-minion".
-
-To include the Salt Minion Setup in the open-vm-tools build use the `--enable-salt-minion` option when invoking the configure script.
-```
-./configure --enable-salt-minion
-```
-
-### <a id="compmgr" name="compmgr"></a>Component Manager (componentMgr) plugin
-The component Manager manages a preconfigured set of components available from VMware that can be made available on the Linux guest. Currently the only component that can be managed is the Salt Minion Setup.
-
-### <a id="continfo" name="continfo"></a>ContainerInfo (containerInfo) plugin
-The optional containerInfo plugin retrieves a list of the containers running on a Linux guest and publishes the list to the guest variable "**guestinfo.vmtools.containerinfo**" in JSON format. The containerInfo plugin communicates with the containerd daemon using gRPC to retrieve the desired information. For containers that are managed by Docker, the plugin uses libcurl to communicate with the Docker daemon and get the names of the containers.
-
-Since this plugin requires additional build and runtime dependencies, Linux vendors are recommended to release it in a separate, optional package - "open-vm-tools-containerinfo". This avoids unnecessary dependencies for customers not using the feature.
-
-#### Canonical, Debian, Ubuntu Linux
-| Build Dependencies | Runtime |
-|:------------------------:|:----------------:|
-| `libcurl4-openssl-dev` | `curl` |
-| `protobuf-compiler` | `protobuf` |
-| `libprotobuf-dev` | `grpc++` |
-| `protobuf-compiler-grpc` |
-| `libgrpc++-dev` |
-| `golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev` |
-| `golang-github-gogo-protobuf-dev` |
-
-#### Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ...
-| Build Dependencies | Runtime |
-|:------------------------:|:----------------:|
-| `libcurl-devel` | `curl` |
-| `protobuf-compiler` | `protobuf` |
-| `protobuf-devel` | `grpc-cpp` |
-| `grpc-plugins` |
-| `grpc-devel` |
-| `containerd-devel` |
-
-
-#### Configuring the build for the ContainerInfo plugin
-The configure script defaults to building the ContainerInfo when all the needed dependencies are available. ContainerInfo will not be built if there are missing dependencies. Invoke the configure script with `--enable-containerinfo=no` to explicitly inhibit building the plugin.
-```
-./configure --enable-containerinfo=no
-```
-If the configure script is given the option `--enable-containerinfo=yes` and any necessary dependency is not available, the configure script will terminate with an error.
-```
-./configure --enable-containerinfo=yes
-```
-
-
-
-## Internationalization
-
-Open-vm-tools 12.0.0 is available in the following languages:
+Open-vm-tools 12.0.5 is available in the following languages:
* English
* French
## <a id="resolvedissues" name ="resolvedissues"></a> Resolved Issues
-* **Open-vm-tools can be built with either libfuse2 or libfuse3.**
+* **[FTBFS] glibc 2.35 and GCC 11 & 12 reporting possible array bounds overflow - bora/lib/asyncsocket/asyncksocket.c: AsyncTCPSocketPollWork()**
+
+ Reported in [open-vm-tools issue #570](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/570), the fix was not available at the time of the open-vm-tools 12.0.0 code freeze date. The fix was made available in the open-vm-tools "devel" branch.
- The open-vm-tools source has been updated to work with either the Fuse 2.x or Fuse 3.x software versions. The `configure.ac` file has been modified to accept the following options which allow users to specify which version to use. While the auto-options allow experimentation, select a specific version of fuse when building packages for distribution.
+ This issue is fixed in this release.
- | Option | |
- |:--------------|:-----------------------|
- | **--without-fuse** | vmblock-fuse and vmhgfs-fuse will be disabled|
- | **--with-fuse=fuse3\|3** | use Fuse 3.x |
- | **--with-fuse=fuse\|2** | use Fuse 2.x |
- | **--with-fuse=auto** | check for Fuse 3 or Fuse 2 availability; disable vmblock-fuse and vmhgfs-fuse if unavailable |
- | **--with-fuse** | implicit "yes" |
- | **--with-fuse=yes** | check for Fuse 3 or Fuse 2 availability; disable vmblock-fuse and vmhgfs-fuse if unavailable |
+* **[FTBFS] ContainerInfo Plugin: compilation warnings with a newer version of GCC**
-* A number of Coverity and Codacy reported issues have been addressed.
+ Newer releases of the GNU GCC/C++ compiler report a warning about "comparison of integer expressions of different signedness" in containerInfo_grpc.cc
-* **The following issues and pull requests reported on [github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools) have been addressed:**
+ This issue is fixed in this release.
- - [Issue # 128](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/128)
- - [Issue # 314](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/314)
- - [Pull # 513](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/513)
- - [Pull # 544](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/544)
- - [Pull # 573](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/573)
+* **A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.0.5 release is available at:**
-* **A complete list of the granular changes that are in the open-vm-tools 11.3.0 release is available at:**
+ [Open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog)
- [Open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.0.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog)
## <a id="knownissues" name="knownissues"></a>Known Issues
The known issues are grouped as follows.
-* [Open-vm-tools Issues](#vmware-tools-issues-known)
-* [Open-vm-tools Issues in VMware Workstation or Fusion](#vmware-tools-issues-in-vmware-workstation-or-fusion-known)
+* [Open-vm-tools Issues](#open-vm-tools-issues-known)
+* [Open-vm-tools Issues in VMware Workstation or Fusion](#open-vm-tools-issues-in-vmware-workstation-or-fusion-known)
-**<a id="vmware-tools-issues-known" name="vmware-tools-issues-known"></a>Open-vm-tools Issues**
+**<a id="open-vm-tools-issues-known" name="open-vm-tools-issues-known"></a>Open-vm-tools Issues**
-* **[FTBFS] glibc 2.35 and GCC 11 & 12 reporting possible array bounds overflow - bora/lib/asyncsocket/asyncksocket.c: AsyncTCPSocketPollWork()**
+* **[FTBFS] Fix the build of the ContainerInfo plugin for a 32-bit Linux release**
- Reported in [open-vm-tools issue #570](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/570), the fix did not make the code freeze date. The fix is available in the open-vm-tools "devel" branch at [commit de6d129](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/de6d129476724668b8903e2a87654f50ba21b1b2) and can be applied directly to the 12.0.0, 11.3.5 and 11.3.0 open-vm-tools sources.
+ Reported in [open-vm-tools pull request #588](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/588), the fix did not make the code freeze date. The fix is available in the open-vm-tools "devel" branch at [commit 605c30a](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/605c30a33f6dedc07ded8e24ce1491fba162ce82) and can be applied directly to the 12.0.0 and 12.0.5 open-vm-tools sources.
The fix will be in the next open-vm-tools source release.
-**<a id="vmware-tools-issues-in-vmware-workstation-or-fusion-known" name="vmware-tools-issues-in-vmware-workstation-or-fusion-known"></a>Open-vm-tools Issues in VMware Workstation or Fusion**
+**<a id="open-vm-tools-issues-in-vmware-workstation-or-fusion-known" name="open-vm-tools-issues-in-vmware-workstation-or-fusion-known"></a>Open-vm-tools Issues in VMware Workstation or Fusion**
* **Shared Folders mount is unavailable on Linux VM.**
<tt>vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0</tt>
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