[Vmware-package-maintainers] Bug#433880: Bug#433880: vmware-package: init.d script fails and suggests fixing with a script that doesn't exist

[Robert Edmonds]

James Healy wrote:
> I've used vmware-package to build a vmware-server 1.0.3 package, which
> seems to complete succcessfully. 
> 
> When I install it with dpkg -i, it attempts to launch the daemon using
> it's init.d script but it fails (as expected - no serial numbers
> provided or configuration proivded yet).
> 
> The error message suggests using /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl to finish
> configuration, however that file doesn't exist.

I've tried not to touch the upstream init script.

README.Debian states:

- VMware Server has no GUI to input the required serial number.
  Please run '/usr/lib/vmware-server/bin/vmware-vmx --new-sn <serial>'
  to create a license file.

> Thanks for your work on this package - I *much* prefer to generate
> packages than follow the manual route.

I'll close this bug when the generated vmware-server package has a
debconf prompt for the serial number, or when VMware Server stops
requiring a serial number for operation.

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds at debian.org
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