# emerge -av mozilla-firefox These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.13 USE="ipv6 xinerama -bindist -debug -filepicker -gnome -iceweasel -java -mozdevelop -moznopango -restrict-javascript -xforms -xprint" LINGUAS="de -af -ar -be -bg -ca -cs -da -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -uk -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" [nomerge ] x11-libs/cairo-1.6.4 USE="X opengl svg test -debug -directfb -doc -glitz -xcb" [ebuild N ] gnome-base/librsvg-2.22.2 USE="zlib -debug -doc" [ebuild N ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.12.9-r2 USE="X cups jpeg tiff xinerama -debug -doc -vim-syntax" [ebuild N ] x11-libs/cairo-1.6.4 USE="X opengl svg test -debug -directfb -doc -glitz -xcb" [ebuild N ] x11-libs/pango-1.20.2 USE="X -debug -doc" !!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/pango-1.20.2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/cairo-1.6.4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'gnome-base/librsvg-2.22.2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.12.9-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/pango-1.20.2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/cairo-1.6.4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.12.9-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/pango-1.20.2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/cairo-1.6.4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/cairo-1.6.4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/gtk+-2.12.9-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'x11-libs/pango-1.20.2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'gnome-base/librsvg-2.22.2', 'merge') (hard) !!! Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily !!! disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.5_rc3 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.7-r2, 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ Timestamp of tree: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r9, 2.5.1-r5 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.62 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/svn/env /usr/kde/svn/share/config /usr/kde/svn/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict test unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.inode.at" LDFLAGS="" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/kde /usr/portage/local/layman/science" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X accessibility acl acpi alsa apm berkdb bzip2 caps captury cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri encode fftw fortran gdbm gif gpm hal iconv inotify ipv6 isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k libwww midi mmx mudflap ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pch pcre perl png pppd python readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg svnserve tcpd threads tiff truetype unicode vidix vorbis x264 x86 xcomposite xinerama 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" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" 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="nv" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge mozilla-firefox
remove the svg useflag for now
The prolem still exits with this call USE="-svg" emerge -av mozilla-firefox --> it has nothing to do with svg use flag.
it's gtk+ depending on cairo which depends on gtk+ with FEATURES="test". If this is a new install, it is higly recommended (aka will be closed as invalid if it's the case) to do your first merges without FEATURES="test" and USE="doc" or you'll end up in lots of similar cases.
A fresh system install should be done without FEATURES="test".
