I get a strange blocking rule trying to upgrade proftp: emerge -pv proftpd Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] <net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.10-r6 (is blocking net-ftp/ftpbase-0.00) [ebuild N ] net-ftp/ftpbase-0.00 +pam 0 kB [ebuild U ] net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.10-r7 [1.2.10-r1] -authfile -hardened +ipv6 +ldap* +mysql* +ncurses -noauthunix +pam -postgres (-selinux) -sendfile -shaper -softquota +ssl +tcpd -xinetd 898 kB Same if i do: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~amd64 emerge -pv =proftpd-1.2.10-r6 Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] <net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.10-r6 (is blocking net-ftp/ftpbase-0.00) [ebuild N ] net-ftp/ftpbase-0.00 +pam 0 kB [ebuild U ] net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.10-r6 [1.2.10-r1] -authfile -hardened +ipv6 +ldap* +mysql* +ncurses -noauthunix +pam -postgres (-selinux) -sendfile -shaper -softquota +ssl +tcpd -xinetd 898 kB Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Can't upgrade proftp Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 246 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=opteron -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=opteron -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.die.unipd.it/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo-sources/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 alsa apache2 avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt curl eds encode foomaticdb fortran freetds gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer imlib ipv6 jpeg ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mbox milter mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls opengl pam pdflib perl png pwdb python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl tcpd threads tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales xml2 xpm xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
this is intended to be like that. unmerge the old version and re-merge it.
This is a dupe...
. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 100783 ***