myaction None myopts {'--pretend': True, '--debug': True, '--buildpkg': True} myparams {'recurse': True} These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies Arg: ~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 Atom: ~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 ebuild: virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 Parent: ('ebuild', '/', 'virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17', 'merge') Depstring: || ( ~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 ~perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 ) Priority: runtime Parent: ('ebuild', '/', 'virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17', 'merge') Depstring: || ( ~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 ~perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 ) Priority: runtime ebuild: perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 ebuild: perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 installed: perl-core/Test-Harness-2.64 Candidates: ['~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1'] backtracking due to unsatisfied dep: parent: ('ebuild', '/', 'virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17', 'merge') priority: runtime root: / atom: ~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 Arg: ~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 Atom: ~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 backtracking aborted after 1 tries Arg: ~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 Atom: ~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 ebuild: virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17 Parent: ('ebuild', '/', 'virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17', 'merge') Depstring: || ( ~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 ~perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 ) Priority: runtime Parent: ('ebuild', '/', 'virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17', 'merge') Depstring: || ( ~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 ~perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 ) Priority: runtime ebuild: perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 ebuild: perl-core/Test-Harness-3.17 installed: perl-core/Test-Harness-2.64 Candidates: ['~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1'] ... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "~dev-lang/perl-5.10.1" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-lang/perl-5.10.1 (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword) /var/portage/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Torsten Veller (20 Sep 2009) # Add perl-5.10 masks (#280724) (dependency required by "virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "~virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.17" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.