FC9 64-bit and VMware Workstation 6.5.3 issue with VMware Tools

I was working with a VMware appliance, which was configured to use the guest OS Fedora Core 9 64-bit.

I was using this guest OS with the latest vesion of VMware Workstation, v6.5.3. I downloaded the latest version of v6.5.3 today and I upgraded the VMware Tools of the FC9 64-bit guest.

It installed but had some kind of problem. After installing the VMware Tools that came with the latest version of VMware Workstation 6.5.3, yum and the 'software updater' were unable to upgrade, remove, and/or download RPM's.