!!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-Format-Mail-0.30', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-0.35', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/XML-RSS-1.20', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-Format-W3CDTF-0.04', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-Format-Mail-0.30', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-TimeZone-0.57', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-0.35', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-Format-W3CDTF-0.04', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-0.35', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/Template-XML-2.16-r1', 'nomerge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/XML-RSS-1.20', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-0.35', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/DateTime-TimeZone-0.57', 'merge') (hard) This sort out to be a circular reference between DateTime-TimeZone and DateTime. Here is a graphviz/dot view to better see the issue: digraph to{ DateTime_Format_Mail_0_30->DateTime_0_35 XML_RSS_1_20->DateTime_Format_W3CDTF_0_04 XML_RSS_1_20->DateTime_Format_Mail_0_30 DateTime_TimeZone_0_57->DateTime_0_35 DateTime_Format_W3CDTF_0_04->DateTime_0_35 DateTime_0_35->DateTime_TimeZone_0_57 } Portage 2.1.2_rc3-r5 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r 0, 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.7 Last Sync: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:20:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shu tdown /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="-O2" 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" LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8" LINGUAS="fr en_GB en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/di stfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 7zip X X509 a52 aac aalib alsa amr apache2 apm aqua_theme arts artwor kextra audiofile background bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bittorrent bl bo nobo browserplugin bzip2 c++ cairo calendar carbone_theme cdda cddb cdparanoia c dr cdrom cgi chroot cjk cli cpudetection cracklib crypt cups curl cvs cvsgraph d aap dbus dga directfb djvu dlloader dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvi eds elib c_glibc emboss encode esd f77 fam fame fat ffmpeg firefox flac flash flx fmod fo nt-server fortran gb gcj gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint glut gnome gnuplot gnustep g pg2-experimental gpm graphviz gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml gvim gzip hal hfs ho wl https iconv idn ieee1394 imagemagick imlib input_devices_keyboard input_devic es_mouse insecure-savers ipv6 isdnlog jack java javascript jbig jfs joystick jpe g jpeg2k kde kernel_linux latex lcms ldap libcaca libg++ linguas_en linguas_en_G B linguas_fr lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzo mad math matroska mbrola mikmod mjpeg mkv mng mod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mplayer musepack mysql nas nautilus ncurses network nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin objc objc++ objc-gc offensive ogg openal open gl oss pam pcre pdf perl plotutils png posix postgres ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 q uicktime readline reflection rpm rtc rtsp scanner screen sdl seamonkey sensord s ession sndfile sox speex spell spl ssl svg sysfs szip tcltk tcpd test tetex tga theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode unzip upnp usb userland_GNU v4l v4l2 vcd vcdimager vhosts video_cards_ati video_cards_fglrx video_cards_radeon video_cards_vesa videos vim vim-pager vim-with-x vlm vorbis wma wma123 wmf x264 xanim xfs xft xine xinerama xml xml2 xmlreader xmlwriter xor g xosd xprint xscreensaver xsettings xv xvid xvmc yv12 zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSY NC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
echo "dev-perl/DateTime-TimeZone -test" >> /etc/portage/package.use
Thanks. Workaround is fine.
