While i try to emerge vmware-modules, I always get this message: Makefile:127: *** Inappropriate build environment: you wanted to use gcc version while kernel attempts to use gcc version 4.1.2. Makefile:129: *** For proper build you'll have to replace i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc with symbolic link to . Stop. The lines causing the message, in the Makefile, are: 126 ifneq ($(VM_CCVER), $(VMCCVER)) 127 $(warning *** Inappropriate build environment: you wanted to use gcc \ 128 version $(VM_CCVER) while kernel attempts to use gcc version $(VMCCVER).) 129 $(error For proper build you'll have to replace $(CC) with symbolic \ 130 link to $(VM_CC)) So, the Makefile could not determine which version of gcc to use. It set the VMCCVER variable, but it cannot set the VM_CCVER variabile (it is void, as you can see). Then, it set the VM_CC variabile, while it cannot set the CC variable, which is a little strange. Bypassing this error by commenting lines 126-130, as suggested in the link i posted in the URL section, result in this error: make: *** No rule to make target `auto-build'. Stop. I don't know if this is related to the use of a patched kernel, however I can't find any working workaround. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge vmware-modules 2. 3. Actual Results: The message posted above Expected Results: The correct build of the package My gccs versions: for i in /usr/bin/gcc*; do $i -dumpversion; done 4.1.2 4.1.2 3.4.6 4.1.2 for i in /usr/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc* ; do $i -dumpversion; done 4.1.2 4.1.2 3.4.6 4.1.2 gcc-config -l [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6 [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardened [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardenednopie [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardenednopiessp [5] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.6-hardenednossp [6] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.1.2 * ll /usr/src/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Apr 15 16:02 linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.20-ck1/ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K May 26 19:38 linux-2.6.20-ck1 emerge info System uname: 2.6.20-ck1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:20:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.32 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://www.die.unipd.it/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo-sources/ http://gentoo.ngi.it ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/Gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.solnet.ch" LANG="it_IT@euro" LC_ALL="it_IT@euro" LINGUAS="it en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt dri dvd dvdr dvdread ffmpeg flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas libg++ midi mime mozilla mp3 mpeg msplugin mudflap musepack ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre png posix ppds pppd qt readline reflection session sockets spl ssl tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd win32codecs wxWindows x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="it en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev nv nvidia vesa vga vmware" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Created attachment 120435 [details] The complete emerge log
Attach `emerge --info -v` output, please.
Created attachment 121321 [details] emerge --info -v
Comment on attachment 121321 [details] emerge --info -v The same problem happens when I try to install vmware after downloading from their site. I did not understand if it is a problem related to their perl installation script or to some misconfiguration in my computer.
VERSION="Sun JDK 1.5.0.06" <-- this has nothing to do in your environment.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 142811 ***
