invidia root # emerge -pvD =sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] sys-kernel/linux-headers ("virtual/os-headers" from pkg sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1) [ebuild N ] sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 -build 34,793 kB Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: --nodepeds helps. invidia root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8- entoo-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS=" -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/ hare/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS=" -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-erl ngen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/ge too ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts blender-game bonob cdr chroot clamav codecs crypt cups devfs26 dga directfb distcache dvd dvdr dv read encode esd f77 ffmpeg fftw flac fluidsynth foomaticdb gdbm gif gimp gimppr nt gkrellm glut gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml ieee1394 imlib jack jack-tmpfs java peg kde ladcca ldap libg++ libsamplerate libwww mad md5sum mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mplayer mysql ncurses network nls nptlonly oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php png postgres povray python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang pamassassin spell ssl svga tcpd tiff transcode truetype unicode usb wxwindows x 6 xml2 xmms xprint xscreensaver xv xvid zlib"
No, it does not block _itself_. The old linux-headers block this. emerge unmerge linux-headers emerge linux26-headers
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