'emerge -pvuNDt world' does not want to something with vlc, but if I want to install something else, emerge tries to downgrade vlc to 2.1.5-r1, e.g. root@impala:/usr/src/linux(51)# emerge -pvuNDt qalculate-gtk These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sci-calculators/qalculate-gtk-0.9.7::gentoo USE="gnome" 1,476 KiB [ebuild UD ] media-video/vlc-2.1.5-r1:0/5-7::gentoo [2.2.1:0/5-7::gentoo] USE="X a52 aalib alsa atmo avcodec avformat bluray cdda cddb dbus dirac%* dvb dvbpsi dvd egl%* encode faad ffmpeg flac fontconfig gcrypt gnome gnutls httpd kate kde libass libnotify libsamplerate libtiger lirc live lua matroska mpeg mtp musepack ncurses ogg opengl png postproc projectm pulseaudio samba schroedinger sdl shout speex svg swscale theora truetype udev v4l vaapi vcdx u vlm vorbis wma-fixed x264 xcb xml xv zvbi (-altivec) (-audioqueue) -avahi -bidi -chromaprint -dc1394 -debug -directfb (-directx) (-dxva2) -fdk -fluidsy-gme -growl -ieee1394 (-ios-vout) -jack -libav -libcaca -libtar -linsys (-macosx) (-macosx-audio) (-macosx-dialog-provider) (-macosx-eyetv) (-macosx-qtki-macosx-quartztext) (-macosx-vout) (-media-library) -modplug (-neon) -omxil -opencv -optimisememory -opus -qt4 -rdp -rtsp -run-as-root -sdl-image -sftp --skins -taglib {-test} -tremor -twolame -upnp -vnc (-jpeg%*) (-qt5%*) (-vpx%*) (-x265%)" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx sse" 19,116 KiB [ebuild N ] media-video/dirac-1.0.2-r1::gentoo USE="doc -debug -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx" 897 KiB [nomerge ] sci-calculators/qalculate-gtk-0.9.7::gentoo USE="gnome" [ebuild N ] sci-libs/libqalculate-0.9.7-r1::gentoo USE="gnuplot readline -static-libs" 1,227 KiB Total: 4 packages (1 downgrade, 3 new), Size of downloads: 22,715 KiB WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict: dev-python/numpy:0 (dev-python/numpy-1.9.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with =dev-python/numpy-1.8*[python_targets_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-)] required by (sci-mathematics/sage-6.6:0/0::sage-on-gentoo, insed) ^ ^^^^ media-sound/sox:0 (media-sound/sox-14.4.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with media-sound/sox[encode,ffmpeg] required by (media-video/openshot-1.4.3:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^ root@impala:/usr/src/linux(52)# emerge -pvuNDt world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] sci-biology/embassy-6.6.0::science [nomerge ] sci-biology/embassy-emnu-1.05.650::science USE="X mysql ncurses pdf png postgres -static-libs" [ebuild U ] sci-libs/plplot-5.11.0:0/12::gentoo [5.10.0-r1:0/12::gentoo] USE="X cairo cxx doc dynamic examples fortran gd java jpeg latex lua ocamtave pdf pdl png python qhull qt4 svg tcl threads tk truetype wxwidgets -ada -shapefile {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB [ebuild U ] sci-visualization/paraview-4.3.1::gentoo [4.2.0-r1::gentoo] USE="boost cg doc examples ffmpeg mpi mysql plugins python qt4 sqlite tcl tkprocessing -development -nvcontrol {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB [ebuild rR ] media-gfx/freecad-0.14.3702-r1::x-portage PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB [nomerge ] sci-mathematics/wxmaxima-15.04.0-r1::gentoo [ebuild UD ] sci-mathematics/maxima-5.35.1-r2::sage-on-gentoo [5.36.0::gentoo] USE="X ecls emacs latex nls sbcl tk unicode -clisp -clozurecl (-cmuclcl -xemacs" LINGUAS="-es -pt -pt_BR" 0 KiB [nomerge ] dev-python/rpy-2.5.6::gentoo USE="{-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_4" [nomerge ] dev-python/pandas-0.16.0::gentoo USE="R doc excel html {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_4" [ebuild U ] dev-python/bottleneck-1.0.0::gentoo [0.8.0::gentoo] PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_4" 355 KiB [ebuild U ] dev-python/numpy-1.9.2::gentoo [1.8.2::gentoo] USE="doc lapack {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_4" 19,103 KiB Total: 6 packages (4 upgrades, 1 downgrade, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 19,458 KiB !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
Could you please add emerge --info?