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Bug 653196

Summary: app-emulation/vmware-remote-console: client device connection and console access to virtual machines on a remote host
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: steve <sdaffe>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO    
Severity: normal CC: hydrapolic, jstein, Manfred.Knick, mgorny, stefantalpalaru, vmware+disabled
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: new ebuild

Description steve 2018-04-15 04:51:46 UTC
Created attachment 527418 [details]
new ebuild

I want to add vmware-remote-console to https://github.com/gentoo/vmware/tree/master/app-emulation.

I am working on an .ebuild
Comment 1 Tomáš Mózes 2018-04-15 04:56:27 UTC
*** Bug 653198 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev 2018-04-15 11:24:34 UTC
Thank you for your contribution. I had a short look on the ebuild. 
Here a few ideas:

* Please test the ebuild with repoman full -x https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Repoman
* We always try to use the latest EAPI, please bump to EAPI=6
* You can drop eutils then
* many lines miss ||die, the rm commands for example
* Please be more specific in the DESCRIPTION. The objective description may be <=80 characters long.
Comment 3 Manfred Knick 2019-02-15 19:35:42 UTC
(In reply to steve from comment #0)

> I want to add...
> 
> I am working on an .ebuild

Any update on this since  2018-04-15 ?

HINT:

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 :-)
Comment 4 Manfred Knick 2019-02-15 20:20:43 UTC
(In reply to steve from comment #0)
> Created attachment 527418 [details]
vmware-remote-console-9.0.0.4288332.ebuild :
......................^^^^^^^^^^^^^.......

VMware Version 9 is defenitely EOL for years now.

@steve:
Are you planning to contine with any contributions?