Bug 1227181 - open-vm-tools version 12.4.5 has been released - please rebase
Summary: open-vm-tools version 12.4.5 has been released - please rebase
Status: NEW
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Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Virtualization:Tools (show other bugs)
Version: Current
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Kirk Allan
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Reported: 2024-06-28 15:18 UTC by John Wolfe
Modified: 2024-07-08 16:30 UTC (History)
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Description John Wolfe 2024-06-28 15:18:01 UTC 
open-vm-tools 12.4.5 was released on June 27, 2024 - based on build 23787635.

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.4.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems, including:

  - A Github pull request and associated issue has been handled. Please see
    the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

  - A number of issues flagged by Coverity and ShellCheck have been addressed.

  - A vmtoolsd process hang related to nested logging from an RPC Channel
   error has been fixed.

For a more complete list of issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.4.5

Release Notes are available at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 12.4.5 release are in the ChangeLog at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Please rebase open-vm-tools 12.4.5 to supported SLES 12, 15 and other products as appropriate.
Comment 2 Maintenance Automation 2024-07-08 16:30:25 UTC 
SUSE-RU-2024:2323-1: An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Category: recommended (moderate)
Bug References: 1227181
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:34565](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/34565/)
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (src):
 open-vm-tools-12.4.5-150600.3.3.2
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (src):
 open-vm-tools-12.4.5-150600.3.3.2
Containers Module 15-SP6 (src):
 open-vm-tools-12.4.5-150600.3.3.2
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (src):
 open-vm-tools-12.4.5-150600.3.3.2

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.