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Bug 634854 - [vmware] app-emulation/vmware-tools-10.1.15.6627299 : version bump ; ? obsolete -> c.3 / Bug 634770 c.24 ?
Summary: [vmware] app-emulation/vmware-tools-10.1.15.6627299 : version bump ; ? obsole...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled]
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Reported: 2017-10-20 08:08 UTC by Manfred Knick
Modified: 2019-02-15 19:25 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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vmware-tools-10.1.6.5214329.ebuild (vmware-tools-10.1.15.6627299.ebuild,1.50 KB, text/plain)
2017-11-05 14:03 UTC, Manfred Knick 		Details
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Description Manfred Knick 2017-10-20 08:08:42 UTC 
Assignee: 	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers
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app-emulation/vmware-tools-10.1.15-6627299:0

     metadata.xml.gz
     vmware-tools-freebsd-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-linux-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-netware-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-solaris-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-winPre2k-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-winPreVista-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar
     vmware-tools-windows-10.1.15-6627299.x86_64.component.tar

http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/14.0.0/6661328/linux/packages/


REFERENCE:  Bug 634770 - app-emulation/vmware-workstation-14.0.0 version bump
Comment 1 Manfred Knick 2017-10-20 09:19:47 UTC 
VMware Tools 10.1.15 Release Notes 

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/10.1.15/rn/vmware-tools-10115-release-notes.html
Comment 2 Manfred Knick 2017-11-05 14:03:42 UTC 
Created attachment 502694 [details]
vmware-tools-10.1.6.5214329.ebuild

/usr/local/portage/local-overlay/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-tools-10.1.6.5214329.ebuild


adapted from OVERLAY:

app-emulation/vmware-tools-10.1.6.5214329:0::vmware
Comment 3 Manfred Knick 2017-11-25 14:14:50 UTC 
NOTABENE:

In case we stay with the solution proposed / provided by 
Ștefan Talpalaru <stefantalpalaru@yahoo.com>,
app-emulation/vmware-tools-10.1.15.6627299
would become _*obsoleted*_ by using the corresponding USE flages
of app-emulation/vmware-workstation-14.0.0 .

VOTUM / Recommendation:

Because the VMware extraction mechanism now only supports
extracting 'everything' including 'all modules',
this approach makes sense to me,
and I would support it.


@ Gentoo VMWare Team : 

. . . Your comments are requested !
Comment 4 Manfred Knick 2019-02-15 19:25:22 UTC 
Very unfortunately,

. . . [vmware-overlay]

had to be been closed down
and was removed from overlays/repositories.xml:

. . . Bug 627666 - vmware: no reply to project status mail

. . . [ https://bugs.gentoo.org/627666#c8 ]


Currently up-to-date and perfectly working versions of vmware-workstation:
c.f.
  - Bug 663670     and
  - Bug 671218


HINT concerning vmware-player:
  - just install above;
  - vmware-player will be included :-)