vmware-server 1.0.4-1feisty1 keeps re-upgrading on 7.04

Asked by Eric Jergensen

apt always thinks vmware-server needs upgrading. If I do "apt-get upgrade" followed by an "apt-get upgrade" it will still install vmware-server again. I have tried "apt-get remove vmware-server; dpkg --purge vmware-server; apt-get install vmware-server", but I'm still in the same fix. "apt-cache show" output is below. It does have a mismatch in "Section: ".

Package: vmware-server
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 127580
Maintainer: VMware Build Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.4-1feisty1
Depends: netbase, netkit-inetd | inetd, update-inetd, vmware-server-kernel-modules, libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libexpat1 (>= 1.95.8), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libice6, libjpeg62, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.10.1), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.8rel), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.9.5), librsvg2-common (>= 2.9.5), libsm6, libssl0.9.7, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxi6, libxml2 (>= 2.6.20), libxrender1, libxt6, libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
Conflicts: xinetd, vmware-player, libdbus-1-2
Filename: pool/partner/v/vmware-server/vmware-server_1.0.4-1feisty1_i386.deb
Size: 79431462
MD5sum: e7d696bf251eb36e70496031428e3f29
Description: Free virtual machine server from VMware
 The free VMware Server lets you run pre-built virtual machines on
 your desktop. You can run multiple operating systems side-by-side,
 easing the process of software development, testing, and evaluation.
 .
 Virtual machines developed in VMware Workstation or ESX Server can
 be run in VMware Server.
 .
 To run the VMware Server Console, just run /usr/bin/vmware from within X.
 .
 Note: You will also need the VMware Server kernel modules to run vmware.
 These can be built from source from vmware-server -kernel-source, or you
 can install a pre-built vmware-server-kernel-modules package for your kernel.

Package: vmware-server
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: partner/misc
Installed-Size: 127580
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.4-1feisty1
Depends: netbase, netkit-inetd | inetd, update-inetd, vmware-server-kernel-modules, libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libexpat1 (>= 1.95.8), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libice6, libjpeg62, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.10.1), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.8rel), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.9.5), librsvg2-common (>= 2.9.5), libsm6, libssl0.9.7, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxi6, libxml2 (>= 2.6.20), libxrender1, libxt6, libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: xinetd, vmware-player, libdbus-1-2
Description: Free virtual machine server from VMware
 The free VMware Server lets you run pre-built virtual machines on
 your desktop. You can run multiple operating systems side-by-side,
 easing the process of software development, testing, and evaluation.
 .
 Virtual machines developed in VMware Workstation or ESX Server can
 be run in VMware Server.
 .
 To run the VMware Server Console, just run /usr/bin/vmware from within X.
 .
 Note: You will also need the VMware Server kernel modules to run vmware.
 These can be built from source from vmware-server -kernel-source, or you
 can install a pre-built vmware-server-kernel-modules package for your kernel.
Original-Maintainer: VMware Build Team <email address hidden>

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Allen Chemist (alchemist) said :
#1

I think this might actually be a bug, I can confirm the same behaviour on my amd64 7.04 installation.

Information from my setup:
ii vmware-server 1.0.3-1 Free virtual machine server from VMware
ii vmware-server-kernel-modules 2.6.20.16.28.1 vmware-server kernel module dependency package
ii vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 2.6.20.5-16.29 vmware-server modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.20)
ii vmware-tools-kernel-modules 2.6.20.16.28.1 vmware-tools kernel module dependency package
ii vmware-tools-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 2.6.20.5-16.29 vmware-tools modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.20)
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 10.15.0-0ubuntu1 X.Org X server -- VMware display driver

mitchese@megalosaurus:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  ...(packages I need to update)
  ... vmware-server
  vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 vmware-tools-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 wine
23 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 122MB of archives.
After unpacking, 2136kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Perhaps we should file a bugreport?

Feel free to re-mark this as open, all I can do is add an answer or information request
-allen

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Cliff Cunnington (cc-ububug) said :
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