Kdepim-3.5.7-r4 fails when I try to merge it with USE "pda": emerge -p kdepim These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies - !!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been !!! pulled into the dependency graph: ('ebuild', '/', 'app-pda/pilot-link-0.11.8-r1', 'merge') pulled in by ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/libmal-0.31', 'merge') ('ebuild', '/', 'app-pda/pilot-link-0.12.2', 'merge') pulled in by ('ebuild', '/', 'kde-base/kdepim-3.5.7-r4', 'merge') It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. ... done! [ebuild N ] net-wireless/bluez-libs-3.19 USE="-debug" [ebuild N ] dev-tcltk/itcl-3.3-r1 [ebuild N ] app-pda/pilot-link-0.12.2 USE="bluetooth perl png python readline usb -debug -java -threads" [ebuild N ] app-pda/pilot-link-0.11.8-r1 USE="perl png python readline tk -java" [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libmal-0.31 [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdepim-3.5.7-r4 [3.5.7-r3] USE="pda%*" Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.86GHz Timestamp of tree: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:30:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -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/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="es_ES.UTF-8" LC_ALL="es_ES.UTF-8" LINGUAS="es" 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" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac aalib acl acpi additions alsa amuled bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 cairo cdinstall cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dga directfb dri dvd dvdr dvdread emacs encode fam fbcon ffmpeg firefox fortran gdbm gif glut gpm gtk hal iconv ieee1394 ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde mad matroska midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap musepack ncurses nls nowebdav nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pda pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection remote scanner sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg symlink tcl tcpd tiff tk truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode usb vditool videos vorbis wifi win32codecs x86 xinerama xml xorg xv xvid 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 synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="es" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa fglrx" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
echo "dev-libs/libmal" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords I'd suggest that you avoid mixing ~arch and stable packages if you can't cope with consequences.
