As per bug #432918 some symlinks are needed for vmplayer to run. The libs that are symlinked was updated in the vmware's bundle so the ebuild needs to reflect such a change. I'll attach the diff between the old and the new ebuild. Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 409630 [details, diff] vmware-workstation-11.1.2.2780323-r1.diff
Thanks, this looks like it's probably a better solution than the one used in vmware-player ebuilds. I'll check it out :-).
Added to -r2 in the overlay, work in progress...
(In reply to Andreas K. Hüttel from comment #3) > Added to -r2 in the overlay, work in progress... Andreas, although updating layman -> vmware overlay today, it seems it has not arrived in overlay - neither in -r2 nor in -r3. Kind regards - Manfred
*cross-referernce* : https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562836#c15 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562836#c16
same problem with the latest -r4 added last days to portage
In -r4 in the overlay.
REFERENCE: Bug 616958 : 12.5.7 version bump To me, this bug seems to be FIXED / OBSOLETE.
VMware Products have been removed from Main Portage Tree during Nov-2017. Further development has been relegated to [vmware] Overlay. Situation as of today, 30-Nov-2017: Workstation : stable in [vmware] = 12.5.8 / released = 14.0.0 : Bug 634770 Player : stable in [vmware] = 12.5.8 / released = 14.0.0 : Bug 639162 Modules : stable in [vmware] = 308.5.8 / released = 329.0.0 : Bug 634862 Tools : stable in [vmware] = 10.1.6 / released = 14.0.0 : Bug 634854