Please ASSIGN to: Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers . Thanks. ======================================================== VIX 1.14 was the release for VMware Fusion 7 and Workstation 11 - both EOL. VIX 1.15 is the release for VMware Fusion 8 and Workstation 12 ( EOL already announced for 2018 / 02 / 25 ) . [ https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/ ] Dilfridge has already completely removed all other VMware Products from Main Portage Tree - this should follow. Hard-mask, but keep in [VMWARE Overlay] in case somebody volunteers for adaption to a current version. P.S.: Strange: equery list -p -F '[$location] [$mask] $cpv:$slot [$repo]' 'vmware-vix' does not find it, although /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-vix/ looks proper.
Seems not to be needed any more: # USE=vix emerge -pv vmware-workstation [ebuild NS ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.57:1.2::gentoo [1.6.32:0/16::gentoo] ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" [ebuild N ~] dev-util/patchelf-0.9::gentoo 157 KiB [ebuild NS ~] dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.6-r101:11::gentoo [1.8.1:0/20::gentoo] ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" [ebuild N ~] app-emulation/vmware-workstation-12.5.7.5813279::vmware USE="vix -bundled-libs -cups -doc -ovftool -server -vmware-tools" [ebuild N ~] app-emulation/vmware-modules-308.5.7::vmware USE="-pax_kernel -vmci -vsock" :: no reference to app-emulation/vmware-vix at all.
Andreas has removed this last package from Main Portage Tree. Thanks!
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 :-)