open-vm-tools 12.0.5 release based on build 19716617
Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md
The granular changes that have gone into the 12.0.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
There are no new features or significant changes in the open-vm-tools 12.0.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release and addresses some potential FTBFS issues with newer versions of GCC.
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For issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.
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A potential failure to build from source [FTBFS] issue for 32-bit Linux systems was reported in issue #588. The fix did not make the code freeze cut-off date, but the fix is available on the development branch. Details to obtain the fix are available in the Known Issues section of the Release Notes.