Hi, with the current tree, my (@world) update is blocked by this, and i don't know how to resolve it. I've never had any problem with those, and i dont have any specific settings regarding those packages in /etc/portage/ !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-libs/protobuf:0 (dev-libs/protobuf-3.3.0:0/13::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by dev-libs/protobuf:0/13= required by (dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.7.1-r2:5/5.7::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^ (dev-libs/protobuf-3.4.1:0/14::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by ~dev-libs/protobuf-3.4.1 required by (dev-python/protobuf-python-3.4.1:0/14::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) ^ ^^^^^ ~dev-libs/protobuf-3.4.1 required by (dev-java/protobuf-java-3.4.1:0/14::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) ^ ^^^^^
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Troubleshooting#Dependency_graph_slot_conflicts Take a look at "Example of block conflict" Explains how to resolve it. If you still have issues, please ask for support on IRC (#gentoo), forums, or the gentoo-users mailing list.