The following broken symlinks are installed by app-emulation/vmware-player-7.1.2.2780323-r1 : /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libssl.so.0.9.8 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 However VMware Player starts normally. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Install app-emulation/vmware-player-7.1.2.2780323-r1 Actual Results: Their target don't exist : $ equery b /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libssl.so.0.9.8 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 * Searching for /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libssl.so.0.9.8,/opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 ... app-emulation/vmware-player-7.1.2.2780323-r1 (/opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libssl.so.0.9.8 -> /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8/libssl.so.0.9.8) app-emulation/vmware-player-7.1.2.2780323-r1 (/opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 -> /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8/libcrypto.so.0.9.8) $ ls -al /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libssl.so.0.9.8 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 27 sept. 22:48 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 -> /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 58 27 sept. 22:48 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libssl.so.0.9.8 -> /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8/libssl.so.0.9.8 $ ls -al /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8/libssl.so.0.9.8 ls: cannot access /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8/libssl.so.0.9.8: No such file or directory It seems to point to the wrong version of these libraries : $ ls -ald /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 27 22:48 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.1 $ ls -ald /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 27 22:48 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libssl.so.1.0.1 Expected Results: The symlinks should point to the right library versions. emerge --info Portage 2.2.20.1 (python 2.7.10-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.8.5, glibc-2.20-r2, 3.14.14-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.14.14-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_II_X6_1090T_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16177628 total, 4002520 free KiB Swap: 8388604 total, 8375256 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:15:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p42 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p42::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.10::gentoo, 3.4.3::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.3.1-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.17::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.12.6::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.5::gentoo, 4.9.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 hasufell location: /var/lib/layman/hasufell masters: gentoo priority: 0 gamerlay location: /var/lib/layman/gamerlay masters: gentoo priority: 1 sunrise location: /var/lib/layman/sunrise masters: gentoo priority: 2 x11 location: /var/lib/layman/x11 masters: gentoo priority: 3 barzog-overlay location: /var/lib/layman/barzog-overlay masters: gentoo priority: 4 roslin location: /var/lib/layman/roslin masters: gentoo priority: 5 mbucas location: /home/Donnees/Code/github/gentoo-overlay masters: gentoo priority: 6 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=native" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/spool/munin-async/.ssh" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=native" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/ ftp://gentoo.imj.fr/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://de-mirror.org/gentoo/ http://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ rsync://gentoo.lagis.at/gentoo-distfiles/ http://tux.rainside.sk/gentoo/ http://de-mirror.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/" LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j9" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bzip2 cairo cgraph cli consolekit cracklib crypt cxx dbus dri encode esd exif ffmpeg flac fontconfig fortran gd gif gnome graphviz gstreamer gtk gudev iconv imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde kdepim lm_sensors logrotate mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mpeg multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre perl php png policykit python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline samba sdl seccomp semantic-desktop session spell sql sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype udev unicode vhosts vorbis webkit xml xmms xpm xv zlib" ABI_X86="64 32" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_core authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_core authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif slotmem_shm so socache_shmcb speling status unique_id unixd userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="3dnow 3dnowext mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4a" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="fr" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" USE_PYTHON="2.7 3.4" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
This is fixed in vmware-player-12