Emerge net-analyzer/base, tries to install php4. As of base 0.9.8 net-analyzer/base supports php5.
So use >=net-analyzer-base-1.2.2-r1.
installing net-analyzer/base-1.2.4 still tries to install php4 instead of using php5 which is already installed.
(In reply to comment #2) > installing net-analyzer/base-1.2.4 still tries to install php4 instead of using > php5 which is already installed. No, it doesn't. # emerge -pv base These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-libs/c-client-2004g USE="pam ssl" 2,194 kB [ebuild N ] app-admin/php-toolkit-1.0-r2 0 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/t1lib-5.0.2 USE="X -doc" 1,657 kB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/php-5.1.4-r3 USE="-adabas -apache -apache2 -bcmath berkdb -birdstep bzip2 -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk cli crypt -ctype curl curlwrappers -db2 -dbase -dbmaker -debug -discard-path -doc -empress -empress-bcs -esoob exif -fastbuild -fdftk -filepro -firebird flatfile -force-cgi-redirect -frontbase -ftp -gd -gd-external gdbm gmp -hardenedphp -hash -hyperwave-api iconv imap -informix inifile -interbase -iodbc ipv6 -java-external -kerberos -ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit -mhash -ming -msql -mssql -mysql -mysqli ncurses nls -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl pcre -pdo -pdo-external -pic -posix -postgres -qdbm readline -recode reflection -sapdb -sasl session -sharedext -sharedmem -simplexml -snmp -soap -sockets -solid spell spl -sqlite ssl -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc threads -tidy -tokenizer truetype unicode -vm-goto -vm-switch -wddx xml -xmlreader xmlrpc -xmlwriter xpm -xsl -yaz -zip zlib" 6,220 kB [ebuild N ] dev-php/adodb-4.72 416 kB [ebuild N ] app-admin/webapp-config-1.50.14 98 kB [ebuild N ] net-analyzer/base-1.2.4 USE="-apache -apache2 -gd -mssql -mysql -oracle -postgres -vhosts" 320 kB