emerge --depclean returns this output: Calculating dependencies... done! * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to * the following required packages not being installed: * * >=app-text/poppler-0.20.2:0/46=[qt4,xpdf-headers(+)] pulled in by: * app-text/calibre-1.48 app-text/poppler/Changelog contains this: *poppler-0.18.4-r2 (08 Aug 2012) 08 Aug 2012; Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> -poppler-0.18.4-r1.ebuild, +poppler-0.18.4-r2.ebuild: Revbump to stable, removing xpdf-headers useflag *poppler-0.20.2-r2 (08 Aug 2012) 08 Aug 2012; Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> -poppler-0.20.2.ebuild, -poppler-0.20.2-r1.ebuild, +poppler-0.20.2-r2.ebuild: Remove xpdf-headers useflag; the headers are now always installed. calibre DEPEND must be updated to match poppler USE flags Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge calibre 2. emerge --depclean 3. Actual Results: Get this error that cannot be satisfied: * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to * the following required packages not being installed: * * >=app-text/poppler-0.20.2:0/46=[qt4,xpdf-headers(+)] pulled in by: * app-text/calibre-1.48 Expected Results: There should be no error output # emerge --info Portage 2.2.14 (python 2.7.8-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.8.3, glibc-2.20, 3.16.5-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.16.5-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-4930MX_CPU_@_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16408836 total, 4957680 free KiB Swap: 1048572 total, 1048388 free Timestamp of tree: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:00:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p30-r1 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/perl: 5.20.1-r2 dev-lang/python: 2.7.8, 3.3.5-r1, 3.4.2 dev-util/cmake: 3.0.2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.13.3 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1, 1.13.4, 1.14.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3 sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.3-r2 sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.17-r1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20 Repositories: gentoo soehest alan Installed sets: @alan-fonts, @alan-gkrellm, @alan-kde, @alan-tools, @alan-vmrc ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 sun-bcla-java-vm skype-eula PUEL googleearth google-talkplugin AdobeFlash-10 AdobeFlash-10.1" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-3.0 /var/lib/hsqldb /var/rancid/.cloginrc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/var/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y --autounmask=n --jobs=4 --load-average=8" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildsyspkg collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync metadata-transfer news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="/mnt/distfiles ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/gentoo.org/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_ZA.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l8" PKGDIR="/var/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/var/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/soehest /home/alanm/gentoo/overlay" SYNC="rsync://172.20.0.3/Portage" USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi adns alsa amd64 ao apache2 archive audiofile avahi avx bash-completion berkdb bittorrent bluetooth bluray branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups curl curlwrappers cvs cxx dbus dbx device-mapper dga dirac djvu dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr emotion encode evo exif expat ffmpeg flac fontconfig fortran freetds ftp fuse gallium gd gdbm gif gimp glib gnome-keyring gpm gps graphviz gs gstreamer gtk handbook iconv icu id3tag ieee1394 imagemagick imap innodb introspection ipc ipod iproute2 ipv6 jabber java java6 javascript jbig jce jpeg jpeg2k kde keyring kig-scripting kipi lame lcms lesstif libass libc_glibc libcaca libnotify libsamplerate libv4l libwww lm_sensors lua lzma mad maildir mailwrapper man matroska mbox milter mime mms mmx mng modules mp3 mp3tunes mp4 mpeg mplayer mtp multilib musepack musicbrainz mysql mysqli ncurses netboot network networkmanager nfs nls nptl nsplugin ntp odbc offensive ogg openexr opengl openmp openssl openvpn opus pam pango passwordsave pch pcre pdf perl phonon plasma plotutils pmu png policykit posix postscript ppds pppd projectm pulseaudio qt3support qt4 quicktime raw readline reflection resolvconf rtmp samba sasl savedconfig scanner schroedinger sdl session slp smi sms solver sound speex spell spl sql sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg symlink syslog sysvipc taglib tbb testbed theora threads thumbnail tidy tiff truetype udev udisks udisks2 unicode upnp usb utempter v4l vaapi vcd video vim-syntax vlc vnc vorbis vpx wavpack webkit webp wifi win32codecs wma wmf x264 xattr xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xpm xrandr xrender xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zeroconf zip zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="author braindump flow karbon kexi krita sheets stage words" CAMERAS="adc65 agfa_cl20 aox ax203 barbie canon casio_qv clicksmart310 digigr8 digita dimagev dimera3500 directory enigma13 fuji gsmart300 hp215 iclick jamcam jd11 jl2005a kodak_dc120 kodak_dc210 kodak_dc240 kodak_dc3200 kodak_ez200 konica konica_qm150 largan lg_gsm mars mustek panasonic_coolshot panasonic_dc1000 panasonic_dc1580 panasonic_l859 pccam300 pccam600 polaroid_pdc320 polaroid_pdc640 polaroid_pdc700 ptp2 ricoh ricoh_g3 samsung sierra sipix_blink sipix_blink2 sipix_web2 smal sonix sony_dscf1 sony_dscf55 soundvision spca50x sq905 st2205 stv0674 stv0680 sx330z template topfield toshiba_pdrm11" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" ENLIGHTENMENT_MODULES="access appmenu backlight battery bluez4 clock comp conf-applications conf-comp conf-dialogs conf-display conf-edgebindings conf-interaction conf-intl conf-keybindings conf-menus conf-paths conf-performance conf-randr conf-shelves conf-theme conf-wallpaper2 conf-window-manipulation conf-window-remembers contact cpufreq dropshadow everything fileman fileman-opinfo gadman ibar ibox illume2 mixer msgbus music-control notification pager physics quickaccess shot start syscon systray tasks teamwork temperature tiling winlist wizard wl-desktop-shell wl-screenshot xkbswitch" 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 ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_GB en_US en_ZA" NETBEANS_MODULES="apisupport cnd dlight ergonomics extide groovy java php profiler webcommon websvccommon" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20 ruby21" SANE_BACKENDS="epson epson2" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 modesetting vesa" 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, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
USE dependencies are correctly set. (+) means the package is treated as having the useflag set in case the useflag is not present.