http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn posted an article on tool packages for specific operating systems titled “Operating System Specific Packages for VMware Tools“
More details including a list of supported ESX releases, guest operating systems, documentation and package repository are available from the OSP web page at http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html (or just packages.vmware.com).“
Full text at http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/12/operating-system-specific-packages-for-vmware-tools.html