657260 – app-emulation/open-vm-tools should DEPEND on sys-apps/lsb-release

Bug 657260 - app-emulation/open-vm-tools should DEPEND on sys-apps/lsb-release

Summary: app-emulation/open-vm-tools should DEPEND on sys-apps/lsb-release

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Mike Gilbert

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Reported:	2018-06-03 13:54 UTC by Wolfram
Modified:	2018-12-18 16:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Wolfram 2018-06-03 13:54:12 UTC

Without lsb-release installed VMWare ESXi shows annoying warnings like 

> The configured guest OS (Other Linux (64-bit)) for this virtual machine does not match the guest that is currently running (Linux 4.9.95-gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.4.1). You should specify the correct guest OS to allow for guest-specific optimizations.

As well this may prevent user from choosing some valid hardware options, like VMXNET adapter

See https://sourceforge.net/p/open-vm-tools/tracker/100/

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2018-06-04 15:13:50 UTC

Is lsb-release needed when *building* open-vm-tools, or when vmtoolsd is *running*?