bug#66047: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add VMware open-vm-tools.

[Andrew Tropin]

On 2023-09-17 12:06, Sharlatan Hellseher wrote:

> * gnu/packages/virtualization.scm (vmware-open-vm-tools,
> vmware-open-vm-tools-gtk): New variables.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/virtualization.scm | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 154 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
> index f5bdedd45e..04ed253e8a 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2022 Zhu Zihao <all_but_last@163.com>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2023 Juliana Sims <juli@incana.org>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2023 Ahmad Draidi <a.r.draidi@redscript.org>
> +;;; Copyright © 2023 Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus@gmail.com>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages virtualization)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages containers)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages cross-base)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages crypto)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages cryptsetup)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages cyrus-sasl)
> @@ -1722,6 +1724,158 @@ (define-public virt-manager
>  domains, their live performance and resource utilization statistics.")
>      (license license:gpl2+)))
>  
> +(define-public vmware-open-vm-tools
> +  (package
> +    (name "vmware-open-vm-tools")
> +    (version "12.3.0")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method git-fetch)
> +       (uri (git-reference
> +             (url "https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools";)
> +             (commit (string-append "stable-" version))))
> +       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
> +       (sha256
> +        (base32 "1hbimhady0v1kd45azknl1lgzgldhgdjd7bj540rn3y4cai5cnk1"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     (list
> +      #:configure-flags
> +      #~(list "--with-fuse=fuse3"
> +              "--without-kernel-modules"
> +              "--without-x"
> +              (string-append
> +               "--with-udev-rules-dir=" #$output "/lib/udev/rules.d"))
> +      ;; TODO: Add iproute2 dbus which commands wrap.
> +      #:phases
> +      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
> +          (add-after 'unpack 'chdir
> +            (lambda _
> +              (chdir "open-vm-tools")))
> +          (replace 'bootstrap
> +            (lambda _
> +              (system* "autoreconf" "-if")))
> +          (add-after 'bootstrap 'patch-paths
> +            (lambda _
> +              (substitute* "Makefile.am"
> +                (("/etc/vmware-tools/")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/etc/vmware-tools/")))
> +              (substitute* "scripts/Makefile.am"
> +                (("/etc/vmware-tools")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/etc/vmware-tools"))
> +                (("/usr/bin")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/bin")))
> +              (substitute* "services/vmtoolsd/Makefile.am"
> +                (("/etc/vmware-tools")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/etc/vmware-tools"))
> +                (("\\$\\(PAM_PREFIX\\)")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/$(PAM_PREFIX)")))
> +              (substitute* "vgauth/service/Makefile.am"
> +                (("/etc/vmware-tools/vgauth/schemas")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/etc/vmware-tools/vgauth/schemas"))
> +                (("etc/vmware-tools/vgauth.conf")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/etc/vmware-tools/vgauth.conf")))
> +              (substitute* "vmhgfs-fuse/config.c"
> +                (("/bin/fusermount3")
> +                 (string-append
> +                  #$(this-package-input "fuse") "/bin/fusermount3")))
> +              ;; XXX: This part might need more testing with shutdown and 
> halt
> +              ;; commands provided by Shepherd.
> +              (substitute* "lib/system/systemLinux.c"
> +                (("/sbin/shutdown")
> +                 (string-append
> +                  #$(this-package-input "shepherd") "/sbin/shutdown"))
> +                (("/bin/reboot")
> +                 (string-append
> +                  #$(this-package-input "shepherd") "/sbin/reboot")))
> +              (substitute* "services/plugins/vix/foundryToolsDaemon.c"
> +                (("/bin/mount")
> +                 (string-append
> +                  #$(this-package-input "util-linux") "/bin/mount"))
> +                (("/usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse")
> +                 (string-append #$output "/bin/vmhgfs-fuse"))))))))
> +    (native-inputs
> +     (list `(,glib "bin")               ; for glib-genmarshal
> +           autoconf
> +           automake
> +           libltdl
> +           libtool
> +           pkg-config))
> +    (inputs
> +     (list eudev
> +           fuse
> +           glib
> +           xmlsec
> +           libmspack
> +           ;; libdnet ; Not packed
> +           libtirpc
> +           libxcrypt
> +           libxml2
> +           linux-pam
> +           openssl
> +           procps
> +           rpcsvc-proto
> +           shepherd     ;for 'halt' and 'reboot', invoked from VMWare host.
> +           util-linux
> +           xmlsec))
> +    (home-page "https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools";)
> +    (synopsis "Tools for VMWare guest VM to enhance host-guest integration")
> +    (description
> +     "@code{open-vm-tools} is a set of services and modules that enable 
> several
> +features in VMware products for better management of, and seamless user
> +interactions with, guests.  It includes kernel modules for enhancing the
> +performance of virtual machines running Linux or other VMware supported Unix
> +like guest operating systems.

The package built without kernel modules, so I remove this sentence from
description.

> +
> +@code{open-vm-tools} enables the following features in VMware products:
> +
> +@itemize
> +@item The ability to perform virtual machine power operations gracefully.
> +@item Execution of VMware provided or user configured scripts in guests 
> during
> +various power operations.
> +@item The ability to run programs, commands and file system operation in 
> guests
> +to enhance guest automation.
> +@item Authentication for guest operations.
> +@item Periodic collection of network, disk, and memory usage information from
> +the guest.
> +@item Generation of heartbeat from guests to hosts so VMware's HA solution 
> can
> +determine guests' availability.
> +@item Clock synchronization between guests and hosts or client desktops.
> +@item Quiescing guest file systems to allow hosts to capture
> +file-system-consistent guest snapshots.
> +@item Execution of pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts while quiescing guest 
> file
> +systems.
> +@item The ability to customize guest operating systems immediately after
> +powering on virtual machines.
> +@item Enabling shared folders between host and guest file systems on VMware
> +Workstation and VMware Fusion.
> +@item Copying and pasting text, graphics, and files between guests and hosts 
> or
> +client desktops.
> +@end itemize")
> +    (license license:gpl2)))
> +
> +(define-public vmware-open-vm-tools-gtk
> +  (package/inherit vmware-open-vm-tools
> +    (name "vmware-open-vm-tools-gtk")
> +    (inputs
> +     (modify-inputs (package-inputs vmware-open-vm-tools)
> +       (prepend gdk-pixbuf-xlib
> +                gtk+
> +                gtkmm-3
> +                libdrm
> +                libx11
> +                libxext
> +                libxi
> +                libxinerama
> +                libxrandr
> +                libxrender
> +                libxtst)))
> +    (arguments
> +     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments vmware-open-vm-tools)
> +       ((#:configure-flags flags)
> +        #~(delete "--without-x" #$flags))))
> +    (description "This package provides a GTK+ support for 
> @code{open-vm-tools}.")))
> +
>  (define-public criu
>    (package
>      (name "criu")

Thank you very much for the patches!  Applied, pushed.

-- 
Best regards,
Andrew Tropin

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