The fetch URI is invalid. VMWARE must have changed their download method. The path being used currently gives "An error occurred while processing your request. Reference #50.baf30708.1256743514.134e216" These are the links I get once I log into their portal. 32-bit http://www.vmware.com/downloads/downloadBinary.do?downloadGroup=WKST-653-LX&vmware=downloadBinary&file=VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.i386.bundle&pot=1&code=FC21250739268754&hashKey=952ccbdcb46a29e1e44efe27f6fcbc6b&tranId=57733041&baseURL=https://download2.vmware.com/software/wkst/ 64-bit http://www.vmware.com/downloads/downloadBinary.do?downloadGroup=WKST-653-LX&vmware=downloadBinary&file=VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.x86_64.bundle&pot=1&code=FC41250739268754&hashKey=c4fce9e950b85704b4aba126a2aa8e14&tranId=57733041&baseURL=https://download2.vmware.com/software/wkst/ Reproducible: Always
(In reply to comment #0) > The fetch URI is invalid. VMWARE must have changed their download method. The > > These are the links I get once I log into their portal. Yeah, key here - "once I log into", so link would not work. Provided URL is just a starting point.
Maybe some nice output text to screen for the user to tell them they need to manual download and and place the bundle in /usr/portage/distfiles/ before emerge again.