Created attachment 300965 [details, diff] Use CUSTOM_PROCPS_NAME and CUSTOM_PROCPS_LIBS procps has a pkg-config file now with "new upstream" since version 3.3.2, and library name changed from -lproc-$version to -lprocps attached patch works for me jmbsvicetto had another patch (?)
*** Bug 402479 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I was waiting a reply from jmbsvicetto but... + 10 Feb 2012; Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> + open-vm-tools-2011.11.20.535097.ebuild: + Fix detection of libprocps from >=sys-process/procps-3.3.2 wrt #402279