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lord_ph
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 Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:06 am Post subject: vmware-modules blocked by something |
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[ebuild N ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16-r1
[blocks B ] >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528) |
| Quote: | Calculating dependencies... done!
!!! Error: the >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 package conflicts with another package;
!!! the two packages cannot be installed on the same system together.
!!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.
For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
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This is the error message my machine gives me when trying to upgrade my vmware-modules. I have no idea what is blocking the install except for maybe the 1.0.0.16 package, but I'm not certain.
Has anyone else seen this problem? |
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slycordinator
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: Re: vmware-modules blocked by something |
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It's saying that ">=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16" conflicts with app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528.
If you look at the ebuild for app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528, it has "!>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16" in it's dependencies. That means that it depends on NOT (hence the !) have a version of app-emulation/vmware-modules greater than or equal to 1.0.0.16.
So since you are trying to install version 1.0.0.16, the requirement of not having that version or higher fails. |
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Mousee
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: vmware-modules blocked by something |
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| slycordinator wrote: | It's saying that ">=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16" conflicts with app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528.
If you look at the ebuild for app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528, it has "!>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16" in it's dependencies. That means that it depends on NOT (hence the !) have a version of app-emulation/vmware-modules greater than or equal to 1.0.0.16.
So since you are trying to install version 1.0.0.16, the requirement of not having that version or higher fails. |
Correct, though that still doesn't entirely explain why (nor do I know why myself). You need to mask builds higher than 1.0.0.16 in order to use the vmware-modules package for vmware-server, which is what I found yesterday myself. Most assuredly, all works well with older build of vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1  |
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slycordinator
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: vmware-modules blocked by something |
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| Mousee wrote: | | slycordinator wrote: | It's saying that ">=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16" conflicts with app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528.
If you look at the ebuild for app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.4.56528, it has "!>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16" in it's dependencies. That means that it depends on NOT (hence the !) have a version of app-emulation/vmware-modules greater than or equal to 1.0.0.16.
So since you are trying to install version 1.0.0.16, the requirement of not having that version or higher fails. |
Correct, though that still doesn't entirely explain why (nor do I know why myself). You need to mask builds higher than 1.0.0.16 in order to use the vmware-modules package for vmware-server, which is what I found yesterday myself. Most assuredly, all works well with older build of vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1 |
Likely it's an upstream requirement for that version of vmware-server since that version masks all versions earlier than 1.0.0.15 and higher ones too. |
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