Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't recompile vmware modules

[Michael Weyershäuser]

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Ronan Klyne wrote:
> Sorry - that was unclear. Portage had installed new kernel sources, and
> I hadn't built a kernel from them. I initially thought that I could use
> the existing kernel, but the vmware-config script would hang.
>

Ronan, is it possible that you have the "symlink" USE flag set? (If
you're not sure about that please post the output of 'emerge -pv
gentoo-sources' here) That USE flag changes the /usr/src/linux
symlink every time you emerge a new version of the kernel sources.
Many ebuilds (like vmware) depend on /usr/src/linux pointing to the
(configured) sources of the kernel currently running, sy in most
cases it is not a good idea to enable "symlink".

> Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
> When I run vmware-config.pl, I get the following error:
>
>         Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.x.
>         Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
>         make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
>         Makefile:127: *** Inappropriate build environment: you wanted to
>         use gcc version  while kernel attempts to use gcc version 4.1.1.
>         Makefile:129: *** For proper build you'll have to
>         replace /usr/bin/gcc with symbolic link to .  Stop.
>         make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
>         Unable to build the vmmon module.

This is mostly a wild guess from my side, but I think the trouble he
is more with the gcc version than vmware itself. Can you please post
the output of:
'/usr/bin/gcc --version'
'gcc-config -l'

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