I've marked this is "blocker" because it's the part of Gentoo Linux above all others I want to use. I get the same problem when I try to build other software, notably links. I got the problem yesterday, before and after 'emerge --sync,' and the problem persists today after another sync. What I'm trying to build is a text-only (more precisely, no X) system on which I can run xen, and which can be a guest or host. Wombat ~ # emerge --pretend xen-tools These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! Error: circular dependencies: ebuild / sys-apps/dbus-0.62-r1 merge depends on ebuild / x11-libs/qt-3.3.6-r4 merge (hard) ebuild / x11-libs/qt-4.1.4-r2 merge (hard) ebuild / kde-base/arts-3.5.5 merge depends on ebuild / x11-libs/qt-3.3.6-r4 merge (hard) ebuild / media-libs/libsdl-1.2.11-r1 merge depends on ebuild / kde-base/arts-3.5.5 merge (hard) ebuild / x11-libs/qt-3.3.6-r4 merge depends on ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge (hard) ebuild / x11-libs/qt-4.1.4-r2 merge depends on ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge (hard) ebuild / app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.54 merge depends on ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge (hard) ebuild / net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20060720 merge depends on ebuild / net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20060720 merge (medium) ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge (soft) ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge depends on ebuild / sys-apps/dbus-0.62-r1 merge (hard) ebuild / virtual/ghostscript-0 merge depends on ebuild / app-text/ghostscript-gpl-8.54 merge (medium) ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge (soft) ebuild / app-emulation/xen-tools-3.0.2-r4 merge depends on ebuild / media-libs/libsdl-1.2.11-r1 merge (hard) ebuild / net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20060720 merge depends on ebuild / net-print/cups-1.2.5 merge (hard) ebuild / virtual/ghostscript-0 merge (hard) Wombat ~ # Wombat ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2_rc1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.12.1 Last Sync: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:00:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/root/catalyst/overlays/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 alsa apache2 arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kde kernel_linux ldap libg++ lm_sensors mad mikmod mp3 mpeg mplayer ncurses netboot nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png postgres ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session slang slp spell spl ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userland_GNU vhosts video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo vim-syntax vorbis wifi win32codecs xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Wombat ~ #
"USE=-sdl" works around my probem for xen-tools (but won't for links, where I want sdl).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 144527 ***
