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Bug 143658 - Problems with app-emulation/vmware-modules
Summary: Problems with app-emulation/vmware-modules
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 48195
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2006-08-12 05:15 UTC by spiralvoice
Modified: 2006-08-12 05:31 UTC (History)
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Description spiralvoice 2006-08-12 05:15:10 UTC 
# emerge -pv vmware-workstation
[ebuild     UD] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.13 [1.0.0.15] 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.1.19175-r4  97,744 kB

# emerge -uDpv --newuse world
[ebuild     UD] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.13 [1.0.0.15] 0 kB
...
 app-emulation/vmware-modules
    selected: 1.0.0.15
   protected: 1.0.0.13
     omitted: none
...
# emerge -pv --tree vmware-workstation
[ebuild   R   ] app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.1.19175-r4  97,744 kB

# emerge -uDpv --newuse world
[ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15 [1.0.0.13] 0 kB


This is called a circular up-/downgrade, I suppose.
vmware-modules-1.0.0.15 does not work with VMWare workstation,
it complains about wrong version of vmmon.

Adding
>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15
to /etc/portage/package.mask fixes this.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-12 05:31:57 UTC 
You have vmware-modules in /var/lib/portage/world. 

emerge -C vmware-modules; emerge --oneshot =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.13

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 48195 ***