Rocky Linux Repo open-vmware-tools not updated to the latest version

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Hey there, i was wondering if the repo for Rocky Linux 9 will be updated to the most recent version of open-vmware-tools? We are currently a few version behind from the current version which is 12.5.2. Is there any plan to update them?

Thanks,
Have a great day

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Rocky has the same packages as RHEL, so if RHEL pushes a new open-vm-tools package then Rocky will also have it.

Historically it looks like this:

root@rhel9:~# dnf list --showduplicates open-vm-tools
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Last metadata expiration check: 4:09:45 ago on Wed 14 May 2025 03:41:44 PM CEST.
Installed Packages
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.5.0-1.el9                              @rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Available Packages
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         11.3.5-1.el9                              rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         11.3.5-1.el9_0.1                          rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.0.5-2.el9                              rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.1.5-1.el9                              rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.1.5-1.el9_2.1                          rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.1.5-1.el9_2.2                          rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.1.5-1.el9_2.3                          rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.2.5-3.el9_3                            rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.2.5-3.el9_3.2                          rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.3.5-2.el9                              rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.4.0-2.el9                              rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 
open-vm-tools.x86_64                         12.5.0-1.el9                              rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms

so yes, most likely a newer version will appear at some point - when that will be who knows?!? I expect since RHEL 9.6 is released, then 12.5.0 will appear in Rocky 9.6, but nothing more than that right now. Currently Rocky 9 has 12.4.0.

Never expect all the packages in RHEL or Rocky to be the latest possible version, that’s not how Enterprise Linux works.

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Thanks for the quick response, I’m fairly new to the Linux Entreprise shenanigans, i was just asking.

Have a great day

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Also, interesting side-note, RHEL10, which will be shortly released only has 12.5.0 as well. So this will be the same for Rocky 10.