Bug 1480141

Summary:	open-vm-tools too old
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	daniel.souvignier
Component:	open-vm-tools	Assignee:	Simone Caronni <negativo17>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	epel7	CC:	negativo17, ravindrakumar, rjones
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Description daniel.souvignier 2017-08-10 10:15:26 UTC

Description of problem:
The open-vm-tools package of epel6 has been updated, but in epel7 it's still on 10.0.5. Can you update that package please?

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Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2017-08-10 10:20:26 UTC

EPEL cannot replace packages in RHEL.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#Does_EPEL_replace_packages_provided_within_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_or_layered_products.3F

RHEL 7.4 brings open-vm-tools-10.1.5-3.el7.  RHEL 7.5 will rebase
open-vm-tools again to the latest version in October.