You should enable -g (or higher) for debugging! >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking VMware-player-1.0.7-91707.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/work >>> Unpacking vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/work * Fallback PaX marking -m scanelf: Nothing to scan !? * Applying various patches (bugfixes/updates) ... * 000_all_initd-location.patch ...  [ ok ] * 001_all_fix-permissions.patch ...  [ ok ] * 002_all_pagebreak-detection-fix.patch ...  [ ok ] * 004_all_do-not-build-modules.patch ...  [ ok ] * 007_all_use-modprobe-over-insmod.patch ...  [ ok ] * 009_all_init.d-modules-warning.patch ...  [ ok ] * Done with patching >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/work/vmware-player-distrib ... >>> Source compiled. >>> Test phase [not enabled]: app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707 >>> Install vmware-player-1.0.7.91707 into /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/image/ category app-emulation * Adding answers to /etc/vmware/locations >>> Completed installing vmware-player-1.0.7.91707 into /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/image/  * QA Notice: The following files contain executable stacks * Files with executable stacks will not work properly (or at all!) * on some architectures/operating systems. A bug should be filed * at http://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the file is fixed. * For more information, see http://hardened.gentoo.org/gnu-stack.xml * Please include this file in your report: * /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/temp/scanelf-execstack.log * RWX --- --- opt/vmware/player/lib/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7/libssl.so.0.9.7 RWX --- --- opt/vmware/player/lib/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 RWX --- --- opt/vmware/player/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0  * * ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707 failed. * Call stack: * misc-functions.sh, line 609: Called install_qa_check * misc-functions.sh, line 164: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "Aborting due to QA concerns: ${die_msg}" * The die message: * Aborting due to QA concerns: execstacks * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/app-emulation:vmware-player-1.0.7.91707:20080706-194703.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.7.91707/temp/environment'. *