Hi, while simultaneous use of lm_sensors and i2c-tools obviously can cause problems if one intentionally tries to interfere with lm_sensors operation through i2c-tools, there are still many occasions where both packages can be used concurrently. There are also many commands not less dangerous if executed as root, including those in i2c-tools and even lm_sensors packages alone. If one is really knows what he/she is doing, why to prevent this? Also please note that previously i2c-tools was a constituent part of the lm_sensors package. In my very situation I have lm_sensors installed and setup. Now I need to address another chip on my systems' i2c bus (lm_sensors isn't even aware of its existence). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge lm_sensors i2c-tools Actual Results: blocks B ] sys-apps/i2c-tools ("sys-apps/i2c-tools" is blocking sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.10.7) [blocks B ] <sys-apps/lm_sensors-3 ("<sys-apps/lm_sensors-3" is blocking sys-apps/i2c-tools-3.0.2) Expected Results: Both packages emerged successfully. Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30.9-alb x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30.9-alb-x86_64-Dual_Core_AMD_Opteron-tm-_Processor_285-with-gentoo-2.0.0 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r4 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-combine -march=native -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mmmx -m3dnow -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions-called-once -ftree-vectorize" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-combine -march=native -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mmmx -m3dnow -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions-called-once -ftree-vectorize" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv" FFLAGS="-combine -march=native -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mmmx -m3dnow -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions-called-once -ftree-vectorize -fprefetch-loop-arrays" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LC_ALL="" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en ru" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" 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="/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/layman/qutim-overlay /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X acl acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bidi bzip2 caps cdr cjk cli cracklib crypt cscope cups dbus djvu dri dvd dvdr dvdread eselect fortran gdbm gif gmp gnome gpm gtk hal hardened iconv ieee1394 isdnlog java jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap ldapsam libnotify lm_sensors loop-aes mmap mmx modules mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin opengl openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python readline reflection samba session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd threads tiff truetype unicode usb winbind xorg xulrunner 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="*" APACHE2_MODULES="alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_alias authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_user autoindex deflate dir env expires filter headers info log_config logio mime mime_magic negotiation status unique_id userdir" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev wacom" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en ru" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Sorry, I overlooked that lm_sensors in Gentoo includes all the tools (my PATH didn't include /usr/sbin).
