Hi, Something is off with the ebuild for net-analyzer/fail2ban I'm using systemd, and this is the emerge output when trying to install fail2ban ============ $ emerge -pv net-analyzer/fail2ban Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-python/lxml-3.6.4-r1::gentoo USE="threads -doc -examples {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -python3_5" 3,621 KiB [ebuild UD ] sys-apps/systemd-218-r5:0/2::gentoo [232:0/2::gentoo] USE="acl curl gudev%* introspection%* kmod lz4 lzma pam (policykit) python%* seccomp ssl -apparmor -audit -cryptsetup -doc -elfutils -gcrypt* -http -idn -kdbus% -qrcode (-selinux) -sysv-utils -terminal% {-test} -vanilla -xkb (-gnuefi%) (-importd%) (-nat%)" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7%* -python3_4%" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7%* python3_4%*" 0 KiB [ebuild N ] net-analyzer/fail2ban-0.9.5::gentoo USE="systemd (-selinux)" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -pypy -python3_4 -python3_5" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -pypy -python3_5" 0 KiB [blocks B ] sys-apps/systemd[gudev(-)] ("sys-apps/systemd[gudev(-)]" is blocking dev-libs/libgudev-230-r1) [blocks B ] dev-libs/libgudev ("dev-libs/libgudev" is blocking sys-apps/systemd-218-r5) Total: 3 packages (1 downgrade, 2 new), Size of downloads: 3,621 KiB Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied) ============ fail2ban[systemd] needs dev-python/python-systemd This is even mentioned in the ebuild ============ RDEPEND=" kernel_linux? ( net-firewall/iptables ) kernel_FreeBSD? ( sys-freebsd/freebsd-pf ) net-misc/whois virtual/logger virtual/mta selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-fail2ban ) systemd? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep '|| ( dev-python/python-systemd[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] sys-apps/systemd[python(-),${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )' 'python*' ) ) " ============ However dev-python/python-systemd doesn't get pulled in as a dep. (instead, as above, some weirdness happens that results in an attempted downgrade of systemd) If I install dev-python/python-systemd manually sudo emerge --oneshot dev-python/python-systemd Then try to emerge fail2ban, it works as expected ============ $ emerge -pv net-analyzer/fail2ban These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-analyzer/fail2ban-0.9.5::gentoo USE="systemd (-selinux)" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -pypy -python3_4 -python3_5" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -pypy -python3_5" 0 KiB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 KiB ============ emerge --info below Portage 2.3.2 (python 3.4.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/plasma/systemd, gcc-5.4.0, glibc-2.23-r3, 4.8.11-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.8.11-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2600K_CPU_@_3.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.3 KiB Mem: 8125596 total, 2451784 free KiB Swap: 9764860 total, 9558976 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:15:01 +0000 sh bash 4.4_p5-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.27 p1.0) 2.27 ccache version 3.3.3 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.4_p5-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.1_rc4::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo dev-util/ccache: 3.3.3::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.7.1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.3::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.22.4::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r2::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r2::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r2::gentoo, 1.12.6-r1::gentoo, 1.14.1-r1::gentoo, 1.15-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.27::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 5.4.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r2::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.8::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.23-r3::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 steam-overlay location: /var/lib/layman/steam masters: gentoo priority: 50 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=corei7-avx -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php7.0/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php7.0/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php7.0/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=corei7-avx -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ http://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/" LANG="en_GB.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 apm atm avahi avx bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cli cracklib crypt css cups curl curlwrappers cxx dbus declarative dri dts dv dvd dvdr egl emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gif glamor gmp gpm gstreamer gzip iconv imagemagick imap introspection ipod ipv6 javascript jpeg kde kipi ladspa lash lcms libgda libnotify libsamplerate libv4l lm_sensors lzma mad maildir matroska mbox memlimit mhash mime mmap mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi mplayer mtp multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nsplugin nvidia offensive ogg openal opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl phonon plasma png policykit postscript ppds pulseaudio python python3 qml qt3support qt4 qt5 quicktime raw readline recode rss sasl sdl seccomp semantic-desktop session sharedmem smp sockets sound sox spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg symlink syslog systemd tcpd theora threads tidy tiff timidity truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l v4l2 vala vdpau vim-syntax vorbis wayland widgets win32codecs wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xft xinerama xml xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zeitgeist zeroconf zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 avx" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_GB" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
This worked correctly when I installed fail2ban recently. No blockers or downgrades. net-analyzer/fail2ban-0.9.6 dev-python/python-systemd-233
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 558168 ***
