Bug 101863 – vmware-linux-tools-5.0.0 no longer available

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Peter Hyman 2005-08-09 07:16:40 UTC]

these tools are now embedded in the tarball for vmware-workstation-5.0.0-x. the
download location specified for tools tarball does not exist anymore. Only after
installing a client can the tools be installed through the vmware screen. This
ebuild is now obsolete.

The following is from the vmware-linux-tools-5.0.0.ebuild

# the vmware-tools sources are part of the vmware virtual machine;              
# they must be installed by hand                                                
MY_PN="VMwareTools-5.0.0-13124"                                                 
SRC_URI="http://www.vmware.com/${MY_PN}.tar.gz"     

pkg_postinst ()                                                                 
{                                                                               
        einfo "To start using the vmware-tools, please run the following:"      
        einfo                                                                   
        einfo "  /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl"                               
        einfo "  rc-update add vmware-linux-tools default"                      
        einfo "  /etc/init.d/vmware-linux-tools start"                          
        einfo                                                                   
        einfo "Please report all bugs to http://bugs.gentoo.org/"               
}                                                                               
        
the url is inaccurate, and the above tools don't exist anymore.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge vmware-linux-tools
2. try and download tarball as instructed
3.

Actual Results:  
can't do/can't do!

Expected Results:  
I think this ebuild is obsolete and should be removed

Must install a guest os and THEN install tools through the VM menu. There is no
separate download

[Comment 1 Vijay Avarachen 2005-08-22 13:09:13 UTC]

I disagree. This ebuild is NOT obsolete.  It is true that the package is no
longer available for download, however once you have the vm client up and
running, selecing VM >> Install VMware Tools and then mounting /dev/hdc gets
your the vmware-tools tarball.  Simply move the file to the distfiles folder and
run the ebuild.  So I suggest rather than getting rid of this ebuild, it should
be modified so that if the file does not exist in /usr/portage/distfiles folder,
the user should be provided with instructions on how to get the tarball.  

By the way this ebuild does not work (5.0 version).  That issue is covered in a
different bug (88307).

[Comment 2 Peter Hyman 2006-03-14 09:29:02 UTC]

closing due to lack of activity

[Comment 3 Peter Hyman 2006-03-14 09:29:34 UTC]

closing because it's mine and nothing's been going on with it forever.

[Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-05-08 06:19:00 UTC]

We close bugs on this end.  Anyway, the "maintainer" for this package hasn't worked on any of his bugs regarding this package for over a year.  Because of this, the Gentoo VMware team have now reclaimed the package.  Expect to see some actual motion on the bugs related to it.

[Comment 5 Peter Hyman 2006-05-08 06:37:52 UTC]

I have a lot of knowledge and experience w/VMW.Let me know if I can help from a QA/UA perspective, or with future ebuilds.

[Comment 6 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-09-15 15:31:54 UTC]

We removed this ebuild completely in favor of the 5.5.x ebuilds, since it is a free upgrade for anyone on the 5.x series.