new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+From 070500fd0e97abb07585882ae448ac35b1c4396c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:55:03 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] fix initialization discards 'const' qualifier from pointer
+ target type
+
+Since glibc-2.43:
+
+For ISO C23, the functions bsearch, memchr, strchr, strpbrk, strrchr,
+strstr, wcschr, wcspbrk, wcsrchr, wcsstr and wmemchr that return
+pointers into their input arrays now have definitions as macros that
+return a pointer to a const-qualified type when the input argument is
+a pointer to a const-qualified type.
+
+https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2026-01/msg00005.html
+
+Signed-off-by: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/783]
+Signed-off-by: Gyorgy Sarvari <skandigraun@gmail.com>
+---
+ open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c | 6 +++---
+ open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c | 2 +-
+ open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c | 7 ++++---
+ open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c | 2 +-
+ open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c | 2 +-
+ open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c | 2 +-
+ 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c
+index c4d39b12d..212ea1c79 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c
+@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ HgfsAddEscapeCharacter(char const * bufIn, // IN: input name
+ HgfsEscapeContext *escapeContext = (HgfsEscapeContext *)context;
+ uint32 charactersToCopy;
+ uint32 outputSpace;
+- char* illegal;
++ const char* illegal;
+ Bool result = TRUE;
+
+ ASSERT(offset >= escapeContext->processedOffset); // Scanning forward
+@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ HgfsIsEscapeSequence(char const *bufIn, // IN: input name
+ uint32 length) // IN: length of the name in characters
+ {
+ if (bufIn[offset] == HGFS_ESCAPE_CHAR && offset > 0) {
+- char *substitute;
++ const char *substitute;
+ if (bufIn[offset - 1] == HGFS_ESCAPE_SUBSTITUE_CHAR && offset > 1) {
+ /*
+ * Possibly a valid sequence, check it must be preceded with a substitute
+@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ HgfsEscapeUndoComponent(char *bufIn, // IN: Characters to be unesc
+ size_t offset = escapePointer - bufIn;
+
+ if (HgfsIsEscapeSequence(bufIn, offset, sizeIn)) {
+- char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]);
++ const char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]);
+ if (substitute != NULL) {
+ bufIn[offset - 1] = HGFS_ILLEGAL_CHARS[substitute - HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS];
+ } else if (bufIn[offset - 1] == HGFS_ESCAPE_SUBSTITUE_CHAR) {
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c
+index 445a53881..eeabcadd4 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c
+@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ static void
+ HgfsGetHiddenAttr(char const *fileName, // IN: Input filename
+ HgfsFileAttrInfo *attr) // OUT: Struct to copy into
+ {
+- char *baseName;
++ const char *baseName;
+
+ ASSERT(fileName);
+ ASSERT(attr);
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c
+index 4fc6502e4..4be63b7b8 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c
+@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ StrUtil_ReplaceAll(const char *orig, // IN
+ char *result;
+ const char *current;
+ char *tmp;
++ const char *tmp2;
+ size_t lenWhat;
+ size_t lenWith;
+ size_t occurrences = 0;
+@@ -1467,8 +1468,8 @@ StrUtil_ReplaceAll(const char *orig, // IN
+ lenWith = strlen(with);
+
+ current = orig;
+- while ((tmp = strstr(current, what)) != NULL) {
+- current = tmp + lenWhat;
++ while ((tmp2 = strstr(current, what)) != NULL) {
++ current = tmp2 + lenWhat;
+ ++occurrences;
+ }
+
+@@ -1695,7 +1696,7 @@ StrUtilHasListItem(char const *list, // IN:
+ char const *item, // IN:
+ int (*ncmp)(char const *, char const*, size_t)) // IN:
+ {
+- char *foundDelim;
++ const char *foundDelim;
+ int itemLen = strlen(item);
+
+ if (list == NULL) {
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
+index 6f20547b2..a387e377b 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static Bool
+ IpEntryMatchesDevice(const char *devName,
+ const char *label)
+ {
+- char *p;
++ const char *p;
+ size_t n;
+
+ if ((p = strchr(label, ':')) != NULL) {
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c b/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c
+index 3085f72d7..f61406d14 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c
+@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ VMTools_BindTextDomain(const char *domain,
+ * If we couldn't find the catalog file for the user's language, see if
+ * we can find a more generic language (e.g., for "en_US", also try "en").
+ */
+- char *sep = Str_Strrchr(lang, '_');
++ const char *sep = Str_Strrchr(lang, '_');
+ if (sep != NULL) {
+ if (usrlang == NULL) {
+ usrlang = Util_SafeStrdup(lang);
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c
+index b2079a10d..6a8498ffb 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c
+@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ VixToolsBuildUserEnvironmentTable(const char * const *envp) // IN: optional
+ for (; NULL != *envp; envp++) {
+ char *name;
+ char *value;
+- char *whereToSplit;
++ const char *whereToSplit;
+ size_t nameLen;
+
+ whereToSplit = strchr(*envp, '=');
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git;protocol=https;branch=maste
file://0013-open-vm-tools-Correct-include-path-for-poll.h.patch;patchdir=.. \
file://0014-timeSync-Portable-way-to-print-64bit-time_t.patch;patchdir=.. \
file://0001-glib_stubs-avoid-GLib-g_free-macro-redefinition-erro.patch;patchdir=.. \
+ file://0001-fix-initialization-discards-const-qualifier-from-poi.patch;patchdir=.. \
"
UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "stable-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
As the subject says. Fixes error: | ../../../sources/open-vm-tools-13.0.10/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c: In function 'HgfsAddEscapeCharacter': | ../../../sources/open-vm-tools-13.0.10/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c:201:15: error: assignment discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers] | 201 | illegal = strchr(HGFS_ILLEGAL_CHARS, bufIn[escapeContext->processedOffset]); Signed-off-by: Gyorgy Sarvari <skandigraun@gmail.com> --- ...on-discards-const-qualifier-from-poi.patch | 144 ++++++++++++++++++ .../open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_13.0.10.bb | 1 + 2 files changed, 145 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0001-fix-initialization-discards-const-qualifier-from-poi.patch