Upgrade conflict caused by electron that app-editors/atom depends on dev-libs/icu:0 (dev-libs/icu-64.1:0/64.1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1:0/64.1=[abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (media-libs/harfbuzz-2.3.1:0/0.9.18::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ (and 32 more with the same problem) (dev-libs/icu-63.1-r1:0/63.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-libs/icu-58:0/63.1= required by (dev-util/electron-2.0.17:2.0/2.0::gentoo, installed) ^^^^^^^^ Reviewing the electron ebuild I found that it still depends on icu-58: COMMON_DEPEND=" (...) >=dev-libs/icu-58:= (...) "
> >=dev-libs/icu-58:= No, this means it depends on icu-58 as the minimum version, or any above. You're having a simple portage upgrade conflict, possibly because you're limiting the scope of packages for emerge to update. But such conflict resolving is better done in forums or IRC, if you need help.