emerge -avuDN @world output: Total: 393 packages (303 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 28 new, 3 in new slots, 57 reinstalls, 6 uninstalls), Size of downloads: 1 725 627 KiB Fetch Restriction: 2 packages Conflict: 29 blocks (1 unsatisfied) !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-libs/icu:0 (dev-libs/icu-55.1:0/55::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot) (dev-libs/icu-54.1-r1:0/54a::gentoo, installed) pulled in by dev-libs/icu:0/54a= required by (dev-qt/qtcore-5.4.1:5/5::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^ (and 1 more with the same problem) From qtcore-5.4.1.ebuild, both DEPEND and RDEPEND contain the following: icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= ) According to https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/eapi/, this is supposed to mean that qtcore needs to be rebuilt if icu has a subslot change. But instead, portage incorrectly believes qtcore requires exactly the version it was built against. So emerge -avuDN @world fails. I haven't found a work around.
Created attachment 404280 [details] emerge --info output
I worked around this problem as follows: emerge -C dev-qt/gtcore:4 dev-qt/qtwebkit:4 emerge -1v dev-libs/icu dev-qt/qtcore dev-libs/libxml2 dev-libs/boost app-text/texlive Note that after running the emerge -C command above I tried emerge -avuDN @world and it still failed for the same reason.
I got the same problem but with `dev-db/sqlite-3.17.0` and `dev-libs/icu-58.1-r1`: ``` dev-libs/icu:0 (dev-libs/icu-58.1-r1:0/58.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by dev-libs/icu:0/58.1=[abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (dev-db/sqlite-3.17.0:3/3::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ (and 11 more with the same problem) (dev-libs/icu-58.2-r1:0/58.2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by dev-libs/icu:0/58.2= required by (dev-libs/libical-2.0.0-r2:0/2::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ (and 6 more with the same problem) ``` ``` emerge -C icu sqlite emerge sqlite ``` Fixed that for me. I am actually hit by this error regularly when I am installing a new version of chrome.
Here is a more complete list of packages that trigger this problem (which I got running `emerge -DuNa world --verbose-conflicts`): ``` dev-libs/icu:0 (dev-libs/icu-58.1-r1:0/58.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-libs/icu-4.8.1.1:0/58.1= required by (app-misc/tracker-1.10.5:0/100::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.1= required by (media-libs/libcdr-0.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1:0/58.1= required by (net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.11-r1:3/25::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-3.6:0/58.1=[abi_x86_64(-)] required by (dev-libs/boost-1.62.0-r1:0/1.62.0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.1=[abi_x86_64(-)] required by (dev-libs/re2-0.2016.05.01:0/0.2016.05.01::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1:0/58.1=[abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-56:0/58.1= required by (net-libs/nodejs-7.10.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-1.51:0/58.1= required by (dev-lang/spidermonkey-24.2.0-r3:24/24::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-4.0:0/58.1= required by (gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.1= required by (app-arch/unar-1.10.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ >=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1:0/58.1=[abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (media-libs/harfbuzz-1.4.5:0/0.9.18::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ (dev-libs/icu-58.2-r1:0/58.2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >=dev-libs/icu-4.4:0/58.2= required by (dev-tex/bibtexu-3.71_p20160523:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2= required by (dev-qt/qtwebkit-5.6.2:5/5.6::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2=[abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.7-r2:4/4::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2= required by (www-client/chromium-59.0.3071.104:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2=[abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (dev-db/sqlite-3.17.0:3/3::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2= required by (dev-libs/libical-2.0.0-r2:0/2::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2= required by (dev-qt/qtcore-5.6.2-r1:5/5.6::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ dev-libs/icu:0/58.2= required by (gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-3.22.7:0/59::gentoo, installed) ```
When you have conflicts involving built slot operator dependencies, you need to temporarily use --ignore-built-slot-operator-deps=y as described here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/FAQ#What_should_I_do_when_emerge_reports_a_lot_of_dependency_conflicts_involving_built_slot-operator_.28foo.2Fbar:X.2FY.3D.29_dependencies.3F I always use --ask so that it will ask me to write autounmask configuration changes.