>>> md5 files ;-) vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r8.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) vmware-workstation-5.0.0.13124-r3.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) vmware-workstation-5.5.0.18463.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) vmware-workstation-3.2.1.2242-r5.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r8 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-vmware-workstation-3.2.1.2242-r5 >>> md5 files ;-) files/vmware.rc >>> md5 files ;-) files/vmware-workstation-5.0.0.13124-config.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-vmware-workstation-5.0.0.13124-r3 >>> md5 files ;-) files/90vmware-workstation >>> md5 files ;-) files/vmware-workstation-5.5.0.18463-config.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-vmware-workstation-5.5.0.18463 >>> md5 files ;-) files/vmware.xml >>> md5 files ;-) files/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-librarypath.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/3.2.1.2242/vmware-config.pl-gcc-generalized.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/3.2.1.2242/90vmware-workstation >>> md5 files ;-) files/3.2.1.2242/vmware-glibc-2.3.2-compat.c >>> md5 files ;-) files/3.2.1.2242/vmware >>> md5 src_uri ;-) VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/vmware-workstation-5.5.0.18463/work /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 360: 10340 Segmentation fault tar xzf "${DISTDIR}/${x}" ${tarvars} !!! ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.0.18463 failed. !!! Function unpack, Line 375, Exitcode 139 !!! failure unpacking VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS='~x86' emerge -a vmware-workstation 2. 3. Actual Results: segmentation fault Expected Results: Build should work fine. Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -mmmx -O2 -pipe -funroll-loops" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -mmmx -O2 -pipe -funroll-loops" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://mirror.phy.olemiss.edu/mirror/gentoo http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j9" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 cdr crypt cups curl dga dio distcc dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif expat fam fbcon ffmpeg foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal idn imagemagick imlib java jpeg kde lcms libg++ libwww mad mikmod mime mmx mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcntl pcre pdflib perl png posix python qt quicktime readline samba sdl sharedmem spell ssl svga tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Boot with an InstallCD and run memtest86 overnight. If you're getting a segmentation fault out of tar, you've got problems other than VMware... ;] Some things to look for: - failing memory - overheating system - failing CPU
memtest86 reports no problems. I haven't had a problem with _any_ of the previous 5.0 builds. Funny diagnosis, really.
/usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 360: 10340 Segmentation fault tar xzf "${DISTDIR}/${x}" ${tarvars} That is basically saying that line 360 from ebuild.sh, which is the line that runs this tar command, which segfaulted, is the source of the error. Basically, it is saying that tar crashed. This has nothing to do with the vmware ebuild, it just happened to occur when you were merging vmware. You can try again and see if you have the same issue, but I'm leaning towards something being wrong with your system in the way of hardware. Also, there's no chance that you ran "memtest86 overnight" when I posted only an hour before you. Unless you have a *very* tiny amount of RAM, not even a single pass would complete in that amount of time, let alone doing multiple passes to ensure it isn't an intermittent problem.