On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:38:05 +0200, Dirk Uys wrote: > I'm running a stable gentoo installation and getting a block on > vmware-player: [ebuild U ] app-emulation/vmware-player-2.5.0.118166 > [2.0.5.109488] 61,559 kB > [ebuild N ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.23 478 kB > [blocks B ] >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.23 (is blocking > app-emulation/vmware-player-2.0.5.109488) > > I have the following in /etc/package.keyworkds/vmware-player > > <file /etc/package.keyworkds/vmware-player> > app-emulation/vmware-player ~amd64 > app-emulation/vmware-modules ~amd64 > dev-cpp/libsexymm ~amd64 > x11-libs/libview ~amd64 > </file> > > Is this just a consequence of mixing stable and unstable, or is there > a way I can get around this?
Each vmware package depends on a specific modules version. In order to
update vmware-player, you must first update vmware-modules,but that
version is blocked by the existing player. There are two alternatives
Unmerge vmware-player then reemerge it.
Upgrade to the latest portage, which handles these blocks for you.
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Neil Bothwick
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