After the update to the newly stabilized gentoo-sources-3.12.13 for amd64, the latest app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1 fails to compile: === [ebuild R ~] app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1 USE="-pax_kernel" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Yes >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1 * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found kernel object directory: * /lib/modules/3.12.13-gentoo/build * Found sources for kernel version: * 3.12.13-gentoo * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... [ ok ] * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work ... * Applying 279-makefile-kernel-dir.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying 279-makefile-include.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying 279-netdevice.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying 279-apic.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying 279-putname.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying 279-vmblock.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work ... >>> Source configured. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work ... * Preparing vmblock module make -j5 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- 'LDFLAGS=-m elf_x86_64' auto-build KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/3.12.13-gentoo/build Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make -C /lib/modules/3.12.13-gentoo/build SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.12.13-gentoo' CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/block.o /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:38:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:38:4: warning: (near initialization for ‘LinkDentryOps.d_revalidate’) [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function ‘DentryOpRevalidate’: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:104:7: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘actualDentry->d_op->d_revalidate’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:104:7: note: expected ‘unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct nameidata *’ /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.c:240:4: error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in initializer /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.c:240:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.c:240:4: warning: (near initialization for ‘RootFileOps.owner’) [enabled by default] CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/module.o make[3]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/file.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/super.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/control.o /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/control.c: In function ‘ExecuteBlockOp’: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:282:9: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: (near initialization for ‘RootInodeOps.lookup’) [enabled by default] /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c: In function ‘InodeOpFollowlink’: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:224:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfs_follow_link’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[3]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1/work/vmblock-only] Error 2 make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.12.13-gentoo' make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2 * ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.1::gentoo failed (compile phase): ===
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 483410 ***
