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

[Ronan Klyne]

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I found that I had to build a new kernel with whatever sources were
there before running vmware-config. I now have it working with
gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r4...

	# r

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.
>
> When I explicitly set the GCC version and then run vmware-config.pl with
> VM_CCVER="4.1.1" vmware-config.pl, I successfully pass the GCC version
> test, but then make can't find the target auto-build:
>
>         Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.x.
>         Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
>         make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
>         make: *** No rule to make target `auto-build'.  Stop.
>         make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
>         Unable to build the vmmon module.
>
> Of course the target is there:
>
>         fgrep auto-build: /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/Makefile
>         auto-build: $(DRIVER_KO)
>
> Falling back to an older version of gentoo-sources doesn't help. "make",
> "perl", binutils and coreutils all seem OK.
>
> Has anyone else run into this kind of problem, and if so, how did you
> solve it?
>
> Thanks.
>
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