trying to emerge app-emulation/open-vm-tools shows strong dependencies to the linux environment obviously not available on freebsd like virtual/linux-sources-0 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge app-emulation/open-vm-tools Actual Results: The following mask changes are necessary to proceed: #required by app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.05.21.724730, required by app-emulation/open-vm-tools (argument) # /usr/portage/profiles/default/bsd/package.mask: # Mask out the GNU versions of various packages. # We want BSD versions wherever possible # Also mask packages that are depending on Linux kernel =sys-process/procps-3.3.3 #required by virtual/linux-sources-0, required by app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.05.21.724730, required by app-emulation/open-vm-tools (argument) # /usr/portage/profiles/default/bsd/package.mask: # Diego Pettenò <flameeyes@gentoo.org> (20 Aug 2005) # We obviously can't have linux-sources (mask this to allow the # virtual to be masked) =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.4.2-r1 Expected Results: the emerge to complete
(In reply to Claudio Di Martino from comment #0) > #required by app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.05.21.724730 ...........................................^^^^.^^.^^.^^^^^^ INFO : VMware Products have been removed from Main Portage Tree during Nov-2017. Further development has been relegated to [vmware] Overlay. Situation as of today, 30-Nov-2017: Workstation : stable in [vmware] = 12.5.8 / released = 14.0.0 : Bug 634770 Player : stable in [vmware] = 12.5.8 / released = 14.0.0 : Bug 639162 Modules : stable in [vmware] = 308.5.8 / released = 329.0.0 : Bug 634862 Tools : stable in [vmware] = 10.1.6 / released = 10.1.15 : Bug 634854 REFERENCE: https://bugs.gentoo.org/421141#c2 and https://bugs.gentoo.org/421141#c3 <-- "Ping" from Andreas unanswered Due to lack of ressources, unless somebody with BSD background actively steps in, I doubt this will be supported. In that case: Please, feel free to re-open a new Bug with reference to a current version.
