trying to emerge ssh i get that its only dependency blocks it from being downloaded. Either this is a mistake in the ebuild or someone's having a giraffe... bash-2.05b# emerge -pv ssh These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] net-misc/openssh (from pkg net-misc/ssh-3.2.9.1) [ebuild N ] net-misc/ssh-3.2.9.1 +X +crypt -ipv6 -openssh 2,216 kB Total size of downloads: 2,216 kB Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge ssh 2. 3. Actual Results: cannot emerge as it is blocked Expected Results: ssh emerges bash-2.05b# emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Wno-strict-aliasing" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Wno-strict-aliasing" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bmp cdr crypt cups encode esd f77 flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mpg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
No, that is correct. openssh and ssh can't be installed at the same time without activating the openssh USE flag. Two choices, unmerge openssh and emerge ssh or activate the openssh USE flag and emerge ssh.