After syncing this morning I get this block: --8><-- # emerge -p mta These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] mail-mta/ssmtp-2.62-r8 USE="ipv6 ssl -maxsysuid -md5sum" [ebuild N ] virtual/mta-0 [blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp ("virtual/mta" is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.62-r8) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (virtual/mta-0, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by mta --><8-- --8><-- # emerge --info Portage 2.1.9.42 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.11.3-r0, 2.6.34-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.34-gentoo-r6-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_E4600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.14 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r2, 3.1.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.14-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.36.1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 AdobeFlash-10.1" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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="/var/lib/layman/kde-sunset /var/lib/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa avahi bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac gdbm gdu gif gpm gtk hdaps iconv ipv6 jpeg kde kipi lcms libnotify mad mikmod mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap ncurses nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg ogg123 openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd python qt qt3support qt4 readline samba sdl session spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification subversion svg sysfs tcpd threads tiff truetype udev unicode usb vim-syntax vorbis x264 x86 xcb xinerama xml xorg xulrunner 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 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" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia fbdev" 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, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS --><8-- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --sync 2. emerge -DNup world
*** Bug 360887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
yes i can confirm this problem too and on my box all seem also very nasty too: [nomerge ] gnome-base/gnome-2.91.90 [nomerge ] media-sound/sound-juicer-2.32.0-r300 [ebuild U ] app-cdr/brasero-9999 [2.91.93] [nomerge ] dev-db/phppgadmin-5.0.2 [ebuild N ] dev-lang/php-5.3.6 [nomerge ] gnome-base/gnome-2.91.90 [nomerge ] mail-client/evolution-2.91.92 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.17 [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.8 [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.8.1 [nomerge ] xfce-base/thunar-1.2.1 [ebuild U ] xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.8.2-r1 [4.8.2] [nomerge ] gnome-base/gdm-2.91.94 [ebuild R ] sys-power/upower-0.9.9 [nomerge ] app-crypt/truecrypt-7.0a-r2 [nomerge ] app-admin/sudo-1.7.5 [ebuild N ] virtual/mta-0 [ebuild N ] mail-mta/ssmtp-2.64-r1 [nomerge ] gnome-extra/nautilus-sendto-2.32.0 [nomerge ] app-cdr/brasero-9999 [2.91.93] [nomerge ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r5 [nomerge ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac-0.10.28 [ebuild U ] media-libs/flac-1.2.1-r4 [1.2.1-r3] [nomerge ] net-im/skype-2.1.0.81 [nomerge ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-opengl-20110129-r1 [nomerge ] media-libs/mesa-7.10.1 [ebuild U ] x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.24 [2.4.23] [nomerge ] net-wireless/bluez-4.90 [nomerge ] sys-libs/libcap-ng-0.6.5 [ebuild U ] dev-lang/swig-2.0.2 [1.3.40-r1] [nomerge ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.30_pre [ebuild U ] sys-power/acpid-2.0.8 [2.0.7] [nomerge ] app-emulation/virtualbox-4.0.4-r1 [nomerge ] media-sound/pulseaudio-0.9.22 [ebuild U ] net-libs/libasyncns-0.8-r1 [0.8] [blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp ("virtual/mta" is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.64-r1) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (virtual/mta-0, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by =virtual/mta-0 required by (app-admin/sudo-1.7.5, installed) =virtual/mta-0 required by (dev-lang/php-5.3.6, ebuild scheduled for merge) virtual/mta required by (app-admin/sudo-1.7.5, installed) (and 7 more)
+ 28 Mar 2011; Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> ssmtp-2.62-r8.ebuild, + ssmtp-2.64-r1.ebuild: + change to new style virtual/mta - bug 360305 + Should be fixed now. Thanks for the report.
*** Bug 360895 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The block is gone. Thanks a lot for the ultra-quick response!
