When setting up a crossdev environment and then selecting a systemd profile I have put this in package.use and run `$crossdev-emerge systemd` first. sys-process/procps -systemd sys-apps/util-linux -systemd -udev Afterwards I remove the package.use entry and and run `$crossdev-emerge @system`. Otherwise emerge stops resolving the circular dependency. It seems closely related to bug 575910 and maybe there is something which can be done to allow `emerge @system` with as systemd profile without being required to set workaround useflags and run `emerge systemd`.
Please post the `emerge` output showing the circular block and reopen.
I don't see any way to make this work without changing the way portage works significantly.
I agree, this would require some effort to work around the issue (not sure if that exists for other profile+crossdev combinations). Probably I will create some scripts which will do necessary USE modifications and build my crossdev root unattended.