!<=x11-libs/qt-4.3*:4 is not a valid atom; you cannot mix globbing w/ ranged operators. You need !<=x11-libs/qt-4.4_rc:4 instead. # emerge -pv \<=x11-libs/qt-4.3*:4 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies - emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "<=x11-libs/qt-4.3*:4". # emerge -pv \<=x11-libs/qt-4.4_rc:4 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] x11-libs/qt-4.3.3 USE="-accessibility cups dbus -debug -doc -examples -firebird gif glib jpeg mng -mysql -nas -nis odbc opengl -pch png -postgres qt3support -sqlite sqlite3 ssl tiff xinerama zlib" INPUT_DEVICES="-wacom" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
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Those blockers NEED to be in RDEPEND too. I found one user on #gentoo-kde that had both x11-libs/qt-core-4.4_rc1:4 and x11-libs/qt-4.3.3:4 installed.
good catch. moved to depend.