| Summary: | Problems with app-emulation/vmware-modules | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | spiralvoice <spiralvoice> |
| Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
# emerge -pv vmware-workstation [ebuild UD] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.13 [1.0.0.15] 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.1.19175-r4 97,744 kB # emerge -uDpv --newuse world [ebuild UD] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.13 [1.0.0.15] 0 kB ... app-emulation/vmware-modules selected: 1.0.0.15 protected: 1.0.0.13 omitted: none ... # emerge -pv --tree vmware-workstation [ebuild R ] app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.1.19175-r4 97,744 kB # emerge -uDpv --newuse world [ebuild U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15 [1.0.0.13] 0 kB This is called a circular up-/downgrade, I suppose. vmware-modules-1.0.0.15 does not work with VMWare workstation, it complains about wrong version of vmmon. Adding >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15 to /etc/portage/package.mask fixes this.