Various packages depending on altas ignore sci-libs/atlas-3.10.1 still try to pull deprecated linalg packages which block atlas-3.10.1 diana ~ # eix sci-libs/atlas [I] sci-libs/atlas [1] Available versions: (~)3.10.1 {{doc fortran generic lapack static-libs threads}} Installed versions: 3.10.1(05:21:14 PM 02/13/2013)(fortran lapack threads -doc -generic -static-libs) Homepage: http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/ Description: Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software [1] "science" /var/lib/layman/science diana ~ # emerge -av octave These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sci-mathematics/octave-3.4.3-r1 USE="X fftw glpk imagemagick opengl openmp qhull qrupdate readline sparse zlib -curl -doc -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-admin/eselect-lapack-0.1 0 kB [ebuild N ] sci-libs/lapack-reference-3.1.1-r1 USE="-doc" 8 kB [blocks B ] app-admin/eselect-lapack ("app-admin/eselect-lapack" is blocking sci-libs/atlas-3.10.1) Normally octave should install without pulling these, I guess.
simply uninstall app-admin/eselect-lapack. There is no complete upgrade path from the tree to the overlay. But we are working to make it smooth the other way round.