x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1 tries to pull in both x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard-3.20.2 and x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita-3.20.2, which block each other. ^[[Anarn:root:~:10 # emerge -avuDN @world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-4.07::gentoo [4.06::gentoo] USE="nls" L10N="-da -de -fr -it -ja -nl -pl -ro -ru -zh-CN" 1,450 KiB [ebuild NS ~] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.8.1:4.8.1::gentoo [4.7.5:4.7.5::gentoo, 4.8.0:4.8.0::gentoo] USE="-build -experimental -symlink" 9 KiB [ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard-3.20.2::gentoo USE="gtk" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 2,812 KiB [ebuild N ~] x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita-3.20.2::gentoo ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB [ebuild U ~] x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2::gentoo [2.24.31:2::gentoo] USE="introspection (-aqua) -cups -examples {-test} -vim-syntax -xinerama (-debug%)" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB [blocks B ] <x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard-3.20.2-r1 ("<x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard-3.20.2-r1" is blocking x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita-3.20.2) Total: 5 packages (2 upgrades, 2 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 4,270 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. (x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard-3.20.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard required by (x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita-3.20.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita required by (x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
Never mind ... in the morning and after coffee, I realized that I was misunderstanding what emerge was telling me. There is no block here. Nothing to see here. Move along. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
