Hi,
I tried to apply the patch (130307_vmhgfs) for (VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360 and Kali guest OS, kernel 3.7) and it raises several errors:
patching file vmhgfs-only/dentry.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 36.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 71.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 80.
3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmhgfs-only/dentry.c.rej
patching file vmhgfs-only/inode.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 61.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 74.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 729.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 951.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 1025.
Hunk #6 FAILED at 1107.
Hunk #7 succeeded at 1852 (offset 51 lines).
Hunk #8 FAILED at 1821.
7 out of 8 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmhgfs-only/inode.c.rej
patching file vmhgfs-only/Makefile.kernel
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]
Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file vmhgfs-only/Makefile.kernel.rej
patching file vmhgfs-only/page.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 893.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 901.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmhgfs-only/page.c.rej
The next patch would create the file vmghfs.patched/shared/autoconf/file_operations_fsync.c,
which already exists! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]
Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored
patching file vmhgfs-only/shared/compat_fs.h
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]
Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file vmhgfs-only/shared/compat_fs.h.rej
Have you got more information?
Thanks,
D.