Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vwmare-player block
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:38:29
Message-Id: 491BE77C.5090008@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] vwmare-player block by Dirk Uys
1 Dirk Uys wrote:
2 > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 >
4 >> Each vmware package depends on a specific modules version. In order to
5 >> update vmware-player, you must first update vmware-modules,but that
6 >> version is blocked by the existing player. There are two alternatives
7 >>
8 >> Unmerge vmware-player then reemerge it.
9 >> Upgrade to the latest portage, which handles these blocks for you.
10 >>
11 >> --
12 >> Neil Bothwick
13 >>
14 >
15 >
16 > ps. Will it be ok if I upgrade portage to an unstable version while
17 > running a stable portage tree?
18 >
19 > Regards
20 > Dirk
21 >
22 >
23 >
24
25 Yep.
26
27 Dale
28
29 :-)