emerge --sync emerge portage and get circular deps Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge --sync emerge portage or emerge gpm or Actual Results: Calculating dependencies ... done! !!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/python-fchksum-1.7.1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.04.3', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.1_p17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4', 'merge') (soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-5.1_p4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.1_p17', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-5.1_p4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.1_p17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4', 'merge') (soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/portage-2.1.2-r9', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.1_p17', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/python-fchksum-1.7.1', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r5', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/coreutils-6.4', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.22', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.9.6-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/coreutils-6.4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.22', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.9.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) Portage 2.1.2-r9 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, unavailable, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:00:09 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en ru" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="berkdb bitmap-fonts cli cracklib crypt cups dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 isdnlog libg++ midi ncurses nls nptl nptlonly pam pcre perl ppds pppd python readline reflection session spl ssl tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en ru" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark ati chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mga neomagic nsc nv rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
@portage folks - please re-assing once you've figured out what's causing this one.
(In reply to comment #0) > ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') depends on > ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5', 'merge') (hard) > ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5', 'merge') depends on > ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3', 'merge') (hard) You can break that dependency cycle by temporarily disabling the gpm USE flag for ncurses: echo "=sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3 -gpm" >> /etc/portage/package.use The output in comment #0 has lots of noise in it, but that's been fixed in portage-2.1.2-r12 which should be marked stable soon. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 166564 ***
