hello, when i do a [root@gui - 18:30:49 - ~] # emerge -pu rpm i get : These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-libs/db-3.2.9-r10 [3.2.9-r6] [blocks B ] <app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 (from pkg dev-libs/beecrypt-3.1.0-r1) [ebuild N ] dev-libs/beecrypt-3.1.0-r1 [ebuild U ] app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 [4.2] and if i try : [root@gui - 18:36:42 - ~] # emerge -pu beecrypt i get : These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] <app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 (from pkg dev-libs/beecrypt-3.1.0-r1) [ebuild N ] dev-libs/beecrypt-3.1.0-r1 is it a sort of cyclic error ? rpm 4.2.1 needs beecrypt which needs rpm < 4.2 ? [root@gui - 18:37:19 - ~] # emerge rpm Calculating dependencies ...done! !!! Error: the <app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 package conflicts with another package. !!! both can't be installed on the same system together. !!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers. --------------------------------------------------- [root@gui - 18:38:28 - ~] # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r18 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20031222-r0, 2.4.23_pre7-gss) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.23_pre7-gss i686 AMD Athlon(TM) MP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/tomcat/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups curl dga directfb doc dvd encode esd evo fam fbcon foomaticdb gdbm ggi gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imap imlib ipv6 java jikes jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg nas ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba scanner sdl slang slp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb x86 xml2 xmms xosd xv zlib"
emerge --unmerge rpm and emerge rpm solved it.