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Bug 290893 - app-emulation/vmware-workstation-6.5.3.185404: fetch location invalid
Summary: app-emulation/vmware-workstation-6.5.3.185404: fetch location invalid
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Vadim Kuznetsov (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2009-10-28 15:26 UTC by Dereck
Modified: 2009-10-29 13:23 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Comment 1 Vadim Kuznetsov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-10-29 12:51:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> The fetch URI is invalid.  VMWARE must have changed their download method.  The
> 
> These are the links I get once I log into their portal.

Yeah, key here - "once I log into", so link would not work.
Provided URL is just a starting point.
Comment 2 Dereck 2009-10-29 13:23:25 UTC
Maybe some nice output text to screen for the user to tell them they need to manual download and and place the bundle in /usr/portage/distfiles/ before emerge again.