[gentoo-user] vmware

[gentoo-user] vmware

[Michael George]

I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?

Thanks!

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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:07:57 -0400, Michael George wrote:

> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?

It hasn't disappeared, it's been keyworded -* and the 2.0 ebuild has
been package-masked.

From /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask

# Mike Auty <ikelos@gentoo.org> (24 Jun 2007)
# Masked for about a week, for testing
>=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-6
>=app-emulation/vmware-player-2
>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16


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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

[Jürgen Pierau]

Michael George schrieb:
> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?
>   
Hello Michael,

a quick eix vmware-player reveals

ux2 ~ # eix vmware-player
* app-emulation/vmware-player
     Available versions:  1.0.2.29634 ~1.0.3.34682-r1 [M]~2.0.0.45731
     Homepage:            http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
     Description:         Emulate a complete PC on your PC without the 
usual performance overhead of most emulators


on my machine. Seems to be there just fine.

C'Ya,
Jürgen
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Re[2]: [gentoo-user] vmware

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Hi Elias,

Friday, July 13, 2007, 1:23:23 PM, you wrote:

> On Friday 13 July 2007 12:07:57 Michael George wrote:
>> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
>> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
>> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?
>>
>> Thanks!

> I don't know why it has been dropped, but there are alternatives:
> - vmware-server (also available for free, currently masked, but newer versions
> are also provided by the 'vmware' overlay)
> - VirtualBox (runs IMHO very fast, can use existing vmware disks too)

> Regards, Elias P.

VMware Player is in Gentoo Overlays tree:

/usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.0.45731.ebuild


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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

[Jürgen Pierau]

Michael George schrieb:
> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?
>   

Whoops, sorry. It looks like you're right.

It seems my sync mirror has not yet been updated...

As for why it seems to have disappeared, see Neil's answer.

C'Ya,
Jürgen
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

[Dale]

Jürgen Pierau wrote:
> Michael George schrieb:
>> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
>> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
>> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?
>>   
> Hello Michael,
>
> a quick eix vmware-player reveals
>
> ux2 ~ # eix vmware-player
> * app-emulation/vmware-player
>     Available versions:  1.0.2.29634 ~1.0.3.34682-r1 [M]~2.0.0.45731
>     Homepage:            http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
>     Description:         Emulate a complete PC on your PC without the
> usual performance overhead of most emulators
>
>
> on my machine. Seems to be there just fine.
>
> C'Ya,
> Jürgen

This is strange.  I synced a few hours ago and I get this:

> root@smoker / # eix vmware-player
> No matches found.
> root@smoker / #

If I use equery I get this error message:

> root@smoker / # equery list -p vmware-player
> [ Searching for package 'vmware-player' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
>  * Portage tree (/usr/portage)
> !!! Digest verification failed:
> !!!
> /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.0.45731.ebuild
> !!! Reason: Failed on MD5 verification
> !!! Got: dfcb2ba1cec92b5a7a2bf22b83d4943c
> !!! Expected: 0ce69e16b46f57b59e01cf3978fc27ef
> !!! Digest verification failed:
> !!!
> /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.0.45731.ebuild
> !!! Reason: Failed on MD5 verification
> !!! Got: dfcb2ba1cec92b5a7a2bf22b83d4943c
> !!! Expected: 0ce69e16b46f57b59e01cf3978fc27ef
> !!! Internal portage error, terminating
> !!! 'app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.2.29634'
> root@smoker / #

Could it be that me and the OP got a bad sync or something? 

Dale

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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

[Dave Jones]

Michael George wrote on 13/07/07 12:07:
> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage.  I did a quick search
> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here.  Is
> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage?

Not only had vmware-player disappeared, but also vmware-server and
vmware-workstation.

I've just done a re-sync, and they seem to have been reinstated.

Cheers, Dave
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