s939 ~ # emerge -1 xbmc -pv These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] app-arch/unrar-3.9.10 140 kB [ebuild R ] media-tv/xbmc-10.0 USE="alsa css hal midi pulseaudio rtmp sse sse2 vaapi xrandr (-altivec) -avahi -debug -joystick -profile -vdpau -webserver" 0 kB [blocks B ] <=app-arch/unrar-gpl-0.0.1_p20080417 ("<=app-arch/unrar-gpl-0.0.1_p20080417" is blocking app-arch/unrar-3.9.10) [blocks B ] app-arch/unrar ("app-arch/unrar" is blocking app-arch/unrar-gpl-0.0.1_p20080417) Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 140 kB Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Expected Results: I think there are no reasons for xmbc to reject app-arch/unrar-gpl dependency. forcing manually the ebuild, it compiles fine. if there are no other technicals problems, this should be fixed in the official ebuild.
fairly certain xbmc doesnt need an external rar utility anymore http://sources.gentoo.org/media-tv/xbmc/xbmc-10.0.ebuild?r1=1.4&r2=1.5 http://sources.gentoo.org/media-tv/xbmc/xbmc-9999.ebuild?r1=1.71&r2=1.72