Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Michael Biebl]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:06:16 +0100 =?UTF-8?Q?Patrick_Matth=c3=a4i?=
<pmatthaei at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: open-vm-tools
> Version: 2:10.2.0-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> here all systems on vSphere 6.0/6.5 fail to start open-vm-tools.service
> on boot.
> The only thing I see is:
> 
> # systemctl status open-vm-tools.service
> ● open-vm-tools.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware
>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service; enabled)
>    Active: failed (Result: resources)
>      Docs: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/about.php
> 
> This happens on jessie and stretch:
> 
> Stretch:
> Works: 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u1
> Fails: 2:10.2.0-2~bpo9+1

Please attach the output of /etc/fstab, systemctl show
open-vm-tools.service, systemctl cat open-vm-tools.service and
journalctl -alb from a boot where the service failed.

Is this happening reproducibly?

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