619746 – [vmware-overlay] app-emulation/vmware-tools is missing winPreVista guest

Bug 619746 - [vmware-overlay] app-emulation/vmware-tools is missing winPreVista guest

Summary: [vmware-overlay] app-emulation/vmware-tools is missing winPreVista guest

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Overlays (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled]

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Keywords:	InOverlay

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Reported:	2017-05-26 13:59 UTC by Matt Whitlock
Modified:	2017-11-30 11:19 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Matt Whitlock 2017-05-26 13:59:31 UTC

Please add "winPreVista" to IUSE_VMWARE_GUEST in the app-emulation/vmware-tools ebuilds. I am not certain when this guest was introduced.

Comment 1 Fabio Rossi 2017-06-25 15:59:32 UTC

now it should be fixed in the overlay

Comment 2 Manfred Knick 2017-07-07 19:28:03 UTC

REFERENCE:

Bug 616958 :  12.5.7 version bump

including  app-emulation/vmware-tools-10.1.6.5214329 .

vmware-tools-10.1.6.5214329.ebuild contains:

     IUSE_VMWARE_GUEST="... windows winPre2k winPreVista"

Thus, to me, this bug seems to be FIXED / OBSOLETE;

BUT:

  "winPre2k winPreVista" refer to versions which are _not_ supported any more

  and - if really used - would induce severe security risks.

On the other hand, they are _still_ supported as possible installations
by VMware Inc. / VNware-Workstation 12.5.7.5813279

   !?

@ Thomas / security@gentoo.org :  Your judgement?

Comment 3 Manfred Knick 2017-11-30 11:19:20 UTC

C.f. comment #2:
>      IUSE_VMWARE_GUEST="... windows winPre2k winPreVista"

Further 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