* Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sphinx-1.0.1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/jinja-2.5', 'merge') (buildtime) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/jinja-2.5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sphinx-1.0.1', 'merge') (buildtime) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge --update --deep --newuse --ask world 2. 3. Actual Results: [nomerge ] dev-python/sphinx-1.0.1 USE="doc -latex -test" [ebuild N ] dev-python/jinja-2.5 USE="doc examples -i18n -test" 675 kB [ebuild N ] dev-python/sphinx-1.0.1 USE="doc -latex -test" 2,223 kB Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 2,898 kB * Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sphinx-1.0.1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/jinja-2.5', 'merge') (buildtime) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/jinja-2.5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/sphinx-1.0.1', 'merge') (buildtime) * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. Expected Results: successful emerge Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.4.4, glibc-2.12.1-r0, 2.6.34-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.34-gentoo-r2-i686-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:15:05 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p7 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.4.6, 2.5.4-r4, 2.6.5-r3, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.1.1-r3, 4.4.4-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.34 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /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/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/gentoo/ http://chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net/pub/linux/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/" LANG="he_IL.UTF-8" LC_ALL="POSIX" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en he" 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="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync9.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl alsa berkdb bzip2 cairo cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus doc dri examples expat extras fortran gdbm gnome gnutls gpm hash iconv ipv6 ithreads jadetex jpeg kde ldap mmx mng modules mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia opengl openmp pam pcre perl png postgres pppd python qt3support qt4 raw readline reflection session spl sql sqlite ssl svg sysfs tcpd threads tk unicode webkit x86 xml xorg 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 mmap_emul 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 cgi cgid 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="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en he" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware voodoo" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Having the doc USE flag enabled system-wide is not advised. Like in this case. You want the documentation for a documentation system which again needs the documentation system installed in the first place. So emerge with USE="-doc", then emerge again with USE="doc".
