From: VMware, Inc <> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:53:22 +0000 (-0700) Subject: open-vm-tools: remove reference to perl installer from README. X-Git-Tag: 2009.09.18-193784~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f147ed3d4ad797d9ae1a8af2e92c3db5f154b759;p=thirdparty%2Fopen-vm-tools.git open-vm-tools: remove reference to perl installer from README. Also link to new correct URL for getting information about packaging (had to update the sourceforge site since they killed all our old wiki content in some recent update). Signed-off-by: Marcelo Vanzin --- diff --git a/open-vm-tools/README b/open-vm-tools/README index c3251f0ac..bba66a9da 100644 --- a/open-vm-tools/README +++ b/open-vm-tools/README @@ -43,15 +43,10 @@ project the following configure command will display a list of help options: 2) Run "make" to build Unix userland programs 3) Run "make modules" to build kernel modules -(*)Why is there no "make install" make target? - In their current state, the various Tools applications and modules require a -fair bit of installation support to run properly. VMware currently maintains a -Perl-based installer for the Tools that is pretty good about providing that -support under a variety of distributions and environments. It doesn't make -sense to rewrite this installer under make; distribution-specific Tools -packages (tailored for a particular target environment) are better suited to -the task. If you are interested in creating a Tools package, please see - for more information. +(*)Packaging: +If you are interested in creating a Tools package, please see + +for more information. ================================================================================ Build suggestions: