when i try to upgrade xorg i get some dependency problems emerge --pretend x11-base/xorg-x11 These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] <net-www/mozilla-1.7.3-r3 (is blocking media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1) [blocks B ] <x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4 (is blocking x11-base/opengl-update-2.1.1-r1) [ebuild U ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 [2.1.5-r1] [ebuild U ] x11-base/opengl-update-2.1.1-r1 [1.8.1-r1] [ebuild U ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 [6.8.0-r3]
Not a Portage bug. The blocker on Mozilla is expected from the new freetype; update mozilla first to fix it. The opengl-update blocker is also expected, but trickier to work around; the obvious answer is to uninstall xorg and then install the newer one.