The dependency of lm-sensors look like this: DEPEND="|| ( >=sys-apps/i2c-2.7.0 >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r1 >=sys-kernel/lolo-sources-2.4.20.1 >=sys-kernel/xfs-sources-2.4.20_pre4 )" The || sign at the beginning is not doing what you expect. You want portage to accept that dependency if ANY of the packages is installed. Actually it always want to install the first in the list, in this case i2c. I don't want that package installed because you describe yourself that it is already patched into the gentoo-sources I have and because lm-sensors seem to have big troubles with the latest i2c package. It doesn't compile (but that is covered in another bug report).... Where did you get this syntax from? Is this a new feature in future portage versions? It has never worked for me. PS This syntax was used in gimp-print-cups and forced everyone to install X and Gimp if they had the CUPS use flag set. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
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