# emerge -up world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] <=dev-python/matplotlib-0.82 (is blocking dev-python/python-dateutil-1.0) [blocks B ] <=dev-python/matplotlib-0.82 (is blocking dev-python/pytz-2005m) [ebuild U ] sys-libs/readline-5.1 [5.0-r2] [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20051113 [20050602] [ebuild U ] dev-db/mysql-5.0.16-r4 [5.0.16-r3] [ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.7-r3 [5.8.7-r2] [ebuild U ] dev-perl/DBD-mysql-3.0002_p4 [2.9007] [ebuild U ] dev-python/numarray-1.5.0 [1.4.1] [ebuild U ] dev-python/python-mhash-1.4 [1.3] [ebuild U ] sys-fs/udev-077-r4 [073] [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gdb-6.4-r1 [6.4] [ebuild U ] media-gfx/springgraph-88 [82] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/pcmciautils-011 [010] [ebuild U ] media-libs/svgalib-1.9.23 [1.9.21-r1] [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] [ebuild N ] dev-python/python-dateutil-1.0 [ebuild N ] dev-python/pytz-2005m [ebuild U ] dev-python/matplotlib-0.85 [0.82] [ebuild U ] dev-python/qscintilla-1.6 [1.5.1] [ebuild NS ] x11-libs/qt-4.0.1 [ebuild U ] dev-python/sip-4.3.2 [4.3.1] [ebuild U ] dev-python/PyQt-3.15.1 [3.15] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/findutils-4.2.27 [4.2.25] [ebuild U ] x11-libs/pango-1.10.2 [1.10.1] [ebuild U ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.1_rc3 [0.2.1_rc2] # # emerge info Portage 2.0.53 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r3, 2.6.15-rc5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-rc5 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre11 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.14 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-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/spool/PBS /var/bind /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 FFmpeg X Xaw3d aalib acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts ati audiofile avi bidi bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 caca cdparanoia cdr crypt cscope cups curl dba dga directfb divx divx4 divx4linux divx5 divx5linux dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds emacs emacs-w3 emboss encode esd ethereal evo exif expat f77 faad faad2 fam fame fbcon ffmpeg flac flash foomaticdb fortran fvwm fvwm2 gb gd gdbm ggi gif glut gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml i8x0 icc idn ifc imagemagick imlib imlib2 innodb ipv6 ithreads java jpeg junit lcms leim libg++ libwww live lzo mad mcal mesa mhash mikmod ming mmx mmx2 mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mule mysql ncurses network nls nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pda pdflib perl plotutils plugin png ppds pthread pthreads python qt qtx quicktime readline recode rtc samba scanner sdl slang slp spell sse sse2 ssl stroke svg svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora thread threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb v4l v4l2 vorbis win32 winvidix wmf xine xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid xvmc zeo zlib video_cards_radeon userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS #
Unmerging the old version of matplotlib (emerge -C matplotlib) and then installing the new version (emerge -va matplotlib, add --oneshot if it wasn't previously in your world file) should get around the block. I can't think of a nicer way around this, I'm afraid.
