The installation fails because a file is missing. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge vmware-workstation Actual Results: >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r2 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) VMware-workstation-4.5.2-8848.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) vmware-any-any-update84.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) vmware.png >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking VMware-workstation-4.5.2-8848.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r2/work >>> Unpacking vmware-any-any-update84.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r2/work/vmware-distrib /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r2.ebuild: line 52: ./update: No such file or directory !!! ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r2 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 52, Exitcode 127 !!! (no error message) Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-ck1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-ck1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4,dev-lang/python-2.4 [2.4 (#1, Dec 21 2004, 21:22:23)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4, 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.3, 1.5, 1.8.5-r2, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.7.9 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1, 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/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/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg candy ccache distlocks moo sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.llarian.net/ ftp://cs.ubishops.ca/pub/gentoo http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.binarycompass.org http://modzer0.cs.uaf.edu/public/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X"
I'm reassigning this to Jason. It WORKSFORME perfectly on amd64 and x86, so I'm not exactly sure where the problem is on this, but it seems it is something local to your system.
The file "update" is not missing, but couldn't be run. Removing and reinstalling the "emul-linux-*" packages resolved the problem. It is installed now.