On my updated plasma system kdevelop won't install because of a series of blocks: emerge -pv kdevelop These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.14.3:4/4.14::gentoo USE="handbook (-aqua) -debug" 694 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-util/kdevelop-4.7.3:4::gentoo USE="cmake cxx (-aqua) -debug -gdbui -okteta -qthelp {-test}" LINGUAS="it -bs -ca -ca@valencia -da -de -el -en_GB -es -et -fi -fr -gl -hu -kk -nb -nds -nl -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sk -sl -sv -th -tr -uk -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 KiB [blocks B ] <kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1 ("<kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1" is blocking kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0) Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 694 KiB Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.14.3:4/4.14::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.4:4[aqua=] (>=kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.4:4[-aqua]) required by (dev-util/kdevelop-4.7.3:4/4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0:5/5.21::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.18.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.18.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/milou-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.18.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.20.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) If I try to install kapptemplate and krunner first: emerge -1 kapptemplate krunner Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Running pre-merge checks for kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0 >>> Running pre-merge checks for kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1 >>> Emerging (1 of 2) kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0::gentoo >>> Installing (1 of 2) kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0::gentoo >>> Emerging (2 of 2) kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1::gentoo >>> Installing (2 of 2) kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1::gentoo >>> Jobs: 2 of 2 complete Load avg: 1.18, 0.59, 0.67 >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. Then try emerge -p kdevelop These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ] kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.14.3 [15.12.3-r1] USE="handbook (-aqua) -debug" [uninstall ] kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1 [blocks b ] kde-apps/kapptemplate:4 ("kde-apps/kapptemplate:4" is blocking kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1) [ebuild N ] dev-util/kdevelop-4.7.3 USE="cmake cxx (-aqua) -debug -gdbui -okteta -qthelp {-test}" LINGUAS="it ru -bs -ca -ca@valencia -da -de -el -en_GB -es -et -fi -fr -gl -hu -kk -nb -nds -nl -pl -pt -pt_BR -sk -sl -sv -th -tr -uk -zh_CN -zh_TW" [blocks B ] <kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1 ("<kde-apps/kapptemplate-15.12.3-r1" is blocking kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.14.3:4/4.14::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.4:4[aqua=] (>=kde-apps/kapptemplate-4.4:4[-aqua]) required by (dev-util/kdevelop-4.7.3:4/4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (kde-frameworks/krunner-5.21.0:5/5.21::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.18.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.18.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/milou-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.18.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) >=kde-frameworks/krunner-5.20.0:5 required by (kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.6.2:5/5::gentoo, installed) For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages
The blocker in krunner was fixed afterwards, if you sync your tree and re-emerge krunner, it should be gone.
OK, syncing the tree did it
