On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:35:47 +0200 Matthias Hanft <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > after upgrading the kernel on a Gentoo machine which is a VMWare > guest, I also upgraded vmware-tools (this means, emerge the package, > mount the .iso with -o loop, and run ./INSTALL). > > Basically, no problem as usual, but now revdep-rebuild complains about > some files which were installed by vmware-tools: > > --- cut --- > > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/gksu not owned by any package is > broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/gksu -> (none) > * !!! > /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so > not owned by any package is broken !!! > * > /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so > -> (none) > * !!! > /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so > not owned by any package is broken !!! > * > /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so > -> (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so > not owned by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so > -> (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libgksu2.so.0/libgksu2.so.0 not > owned by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libgksu2.so.0/libgksu2.so.0 -> > (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libspi.so.0/libspi.so.0 not > owned by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libspi.so.0/libspi.so.0 -> (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libvmware-toolbox.so/libvmware-toolbox.so > not owned by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libvmware-toolbox.so/libvmware-toolbox.so > -> (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdesktopEvents.so > not owned by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdesktopEvents.so -> > (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdndcp.so not owned > by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libdndcp.so -> (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libresolutionSet.so > not owned by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libresolutionSet.so -> > (none) > * !!! /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libunity.so not owned > by any package is broken !!! > * /usr/lib/vmware-tools/plugins32/vmusr/libunity.so -> (none) > > --- cut --- > > Seems that most of the files are intended for some graphical desktops > (which are not needed here but are installed by vmware-tools anyway). > > Can I somehow get rid of those messages (apart from just deleting > those unneeded libraries which may break other things)? I already > tried some configuration with LD_LIBRARY_MASK, but to no avail. You want SEARCH_DIRS and SERACH_DIRS_MASK entires in /etc/revdep-rebuild. man rebdep-rebuild for details -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
