On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:04:06 -0700, Grant wrote:

> Hello, I've purchased vmware workstation 4.5 and gentoo wants to
> upgrade it to 5.0.  If I go ahead with that emerge will I be able to
> use the upgraded product with my 4.5 license?

No, unless you are entitled to a free 4.x to 5.x upgrade, VMWare
sometimes do this when you buy the old version just before the new one is
released.

If not, you'll need to add ">app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.0"
to /etc/portage/package.mask to stop portage trying to upgrade.

5.0 is rather nice, and the upgrade fee from 4.5 is not that great.


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Neil Bothwick

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance from Mom.