[blocks B ] >=sys-fs/udev-089 (is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1) [blocks B ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking x11-proto/inputproto-1.3.2, x11-proto/xf86bigfontproto-1.1.2, x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.2, x11-proto/xcmiscproto-1.1.2, x11-misc/util-macros-1.1.0, x11-libs/xtrans-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXext-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXau-1.0.2, x11-libs/libXmu-1.0.2, x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.3, x11-libs/libSM-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.0.1, x11-libs/libICE-1.0.1, x11-apps/xauth-1.0.1, x11-proto/xproto-7.0.7, x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.0.2, x11-libs/libXt-1.0.2, x11-libs/libX11-1.1.1-r1) [blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.18.1) [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-104-r12) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: merge -uD system Actual Results: [blocks B ] >=sys-fs/udev-089 (is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1) [blocks B ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking x11-proto/inputproto-1.3.2, x11-proto/xf86bigfontproto-1.1.2, x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.2, x11-proto/xcmiscproto-1.1.2, x11-misc/util-macros-1.1.0, x11-libs/xtrans-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXext-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXau-1.0.2, x11-libs/libXmu-1.0.2, x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.3, x11-libs/libSM-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.0.1, x11-libs/libICE-1.0.1, x11-apps/xauth-1.0.1, x11-proto/xproto-7.0.7, x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.0.2, x11-libs/libXt-1.0.2, x11-libs/libX11-1.1.1-r1) [blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.18.1) [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-104-r12) Expected Results: update the system Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:50:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.0-r2, 2.0.26-r4 dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 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-r1, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.12-r6 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" 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="de" 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=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa amd64 arts bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cu cups dri dts dvd dvdread eds emboss encode foomaticdb fortran ftp gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 iconv imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg jpwg kde lzw lzw-tiff midi mp3 mpeg ncurses nis nls nptl opengl pam pcre perl php png pppd ps python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb xorg xpm xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci 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="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark ati chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i810 mga neomagic 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_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
You will need to remove coldplug and the monolithic X11 manually before upgrading your system. This is not a bug; portage does not automatically remove packages.