# USE="doc" emerge -pv =dev-python/pyxattr-0.5.3 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild UD ] dev-python/sphinx-1.2.2::gentoo [1.3.1-r1::gentoo] USE="doc -latex {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 (-pypy) -python3_3 (-python3_5%)" 0 KiB [ebuild R ] dev-python/pyxattr-0.5.3::gentoo USE="doc* {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 (-pypy) -python3_3" 0 KiB Total: 2 packages (1 downgrade, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB ##### this turned out to be what was behind: dev-python/sphinx:0 (dev-python/sphinx-1.3.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with <dev-python/sphinx-1.3[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_4(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_3(-),-python_single_target_python3_4(-),-python_single_target_pypy(-)] required by (dev-python/pyxattr-0.5.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) ^ ^^^
The ebuild has: doc? ( <dev-python/sphinx-1.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] ) Try to copy the the ebuild to your overlay and try with newer sphinx, if it works ok, please reopen and we can modify the ebuild. Thanks.
