Oh it's been a while since I seen these but here it is.
> emerge sys-apps/sdparm * IMPORTANT: 7 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. Calculating dependencies ... done! [nomerge ] sys-apps/sdparm-1.08-r1 [nomerge ] sys-apps/sg3_utils-1.37 USE="-static-libs" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus-1.57 23 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/sdparm-1.08-r1 318 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/sg3_utils-1.37 USE="-static-libs" 1,026 kB Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 1,366 kB * Error: circular dependencies: (sys-apps/sdparm-1.08-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on (sys-apps/sg3_utils-1.37::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) (sys-apps/sdparm-1.08-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (runtime) * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies.
should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report! Commit message: Drop sdparm dep as the one script that used it was moved out a while ago http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/sg3_utils/sg3_utils-1.37.ebuild?r1=1.3&r2=1.4