Fixes gettools.py permanent error due to URL change #16
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This resolves the error below resulting from the original download URL being permanently removed, and was able to greatly simplify the script due to the new URL being a direct ISO download again.
Longer Version -
After Broadcom purchased vmware they've been making a lot of changes, among them depreciated many offerings and removed the original update URL used by gettools.py
Because of Fusion's current state, they moved the latest tools ISO's to a frozen location. This had the benefit of allowing a lot of simplification in the gettools.py script as no longer needs to parse for latest version/download full fusion tar/extract tools/etc.
FYI - I stuck with vmware's domain (https://packages.vmware.com/tools/frozen/) instead of Broadcom's (https://packages-prod.broadcom.com/tools/frozen/)
This feels safer, as they've apparently changed the Broadcom packages subdomain twice in a matter of months, so is some concern on it's future reliability.
Resolves the following permanent error: