the new google-chrome-unstable doesn't show up in the Gnome dash. The .desktop file references /usr/bin/google-chrome-unstable in the Exec line, while there is no such file/link. The ebuild should create it. Here is the output of equery f /opt /opt/google /opt/google/chrome-unstable /opt/google/chrome-unstable/PepperFlash /opt/google/chrome-unstable/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so /opt/google/chrome-unstable/PepperFlash/manifest.json /opt/google/chrome-unstable/chrome /opt/google/chrome-unstable/chrome-sandbox /opt/google/chrome-unstable/chrome_100_percent.pak /opt/google/chrome-unstable/chrome_200_percent.pak /opt/google/chrome-unstable/cron /opt/google/chrome-unstable/cron/google-chrome-unstable /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default-app-block /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default_apps /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default_apps/docs.crx /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default_apps/drive.crx /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default_apps/external_extensions.json /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default_apps/gmail.crx /opt/google/chrome-unstable/default_apps/youtube.crx /opt/google/chrome-unstable/google-chrome -> /opt/google/chrome-unstable/google-chrome-unstable /opt/google/chrome-unstable/google-chrome-unstable /opt/google/chrome-unstable/icudtl.dat /opt/google/chrome-unstable/libEGL.so /opt/google/chrome-unstable/libGLESv2.so /opt/google/chrome-unstable/libwidevinecdm.so /opt/google/chrome-unstable/libwidevinecdmadapter.so /opt/google/chrome-unstable/locales /opt/google/chrome-unstable/locales/en-US.pak /opt/google/chrome-unstable/nacl_helper /opt/google/chrome-unstable/nacl_helper_bootstrap /opt/google/chrome-unstable/nacl_irt_x86_64.nexe /opt/google/chrome-unstable/natives_blob.bin /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_128.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_16.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_22.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_24.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_256.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_32.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_32.xpm /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_48.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_64.png /opt/google/chrome-unstable/resources.pak /opt/google/chrome-unstable/snapshot_blob.bin /opt/google/chrome-unstable/xdg-mime /opt/google/chrome-unstable/xdg-settings /usr /usr/share /usr/share/applications /usr/share/applications/google-chrome-unstable.desktop /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/google-chrome-unstable-53.0.2783.2 /usr/share/doc/google-chrome-unstable-53.0.2783.2/README.gentoo.bz2 /usr/share/doc/google-chrome-unstable-53.0.2783.2/changelog.bz2 /usr/share/gnome-control-center /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/google-chrome-unstable.xml /usr/share/icons /usr/share/icons/hicolor /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/google-chrome-unstable.png /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/google-chrome-unstable.1.bz2
linking /opt/google/google-chrome-unstable/google-chrome-unstable to /usr/bin/google-chrome-unstable fixes a problem.
commit f493d67769cd91b87783dcb0a8f465c767746a0a Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> Date: Sat Jul 9 22:39:07 2016 -0400 www-client/google-chrome-unstable: create /usr/bin/${PN} symlink It appears this is no longer included in the data.tar archive; instead, the postinst script creates it when installed using dpkg. https://bugs.gentoo.org/588318 Package-Manager: portage-2.3.0_p11 ...e-53.0.2785.8.ebuild => google-chrome-unstable-53.0.2785.8-r1.ebuild} | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)