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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-tools and revdep-rebuild
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:00:32
Message-Id: 20120819145737.26b78510@khamul.example.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] vmware-tools and revdep-rebuild by Matthias Hanft
1 On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:35:47 +0200
2 Matthias Hanft <mh@×××××.de> wrote:
3
4 > Hello,
5 >
6 > after upgrading the kernel on a Gentoo machine which is a VMWare
7 > guest, I also upgraded vmware-tools (this means, emerge the package,
8 > mount the .iso with -o loop, and run ./INSTALL).
9 >
10 > Basically, no problem as usual, but now revdep-rebuild complains about
11 > some files which were installed by vmware-tools:
12 >
13 > --- cut ---
14 >
15 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/gksu not owned by any package is
16 > broken !!!
17 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/gksu -> (none)
18 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
19 > not owned by any package is broken !!!
20 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
21 > -> (none)
22 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so
23 > not owned by any package is broken !!!
24 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so
25 > -> (none)
26 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so
27 > not owned by any package is broken !!!
28 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so
29 > -> (none)
30 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libgksu2.so.0/libgksu2.so.0 not
31 > owned by any package is broken !!!
32 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libgksu2.so.0/libgksu2.so.0 ->
33 > (none)
34 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libspi.so.0/libspi.so.0 not
35 > owned by any package is broken !!!
36 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libspi.so.0/libspi.so.0 -> (none)
37 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libvmware-toolbox.so/libvmware-toolbox.so
38 > not owned by any package is broken !!!
39 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libvmware-toolbox.so/libvmware-toolbox.so
40 > -> (none)
41 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdesktopEvents.so
42 > not owned by any package is broken !!!
43 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdesktopEvents.so ->
44 > (none)
45 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdndcp.so not owned
46 > by any package is broken !!!
47 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdndcp.so -> (none)
48 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libresolutionSet.so
49 > not owned by any package is broken !!!
50 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libresolutionSet.so ->
51 > (none)
52 > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libunity.so not owned
53 > by any package is broken !!!
54 > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libunity.so -> (none)
55 >
56 > --- cut ---
57 >
58 > Seems that most of the files are intended for some graphical desktops
59 > (which are not needed here but are installed by vmware-tools anyway).
60 >
61 > Can I somehow get rid of those messages (apart from just deleting
62 > those unneeded libraries which may break other things)? I already
63 > tried some configuration with LD_LIBRARY_MASK, but to no avail.
64
65 You want SEARCH_DIRS and SERACH_DIRS_MASK entires
66 in /etc/revdep-rebuild.
67
68 man rebdep-rebuild for details
69
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73 --
74 Alan McKinnon
75 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-tools and revdep-rebuild Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>