Hi. I see a bug: (chroot) base root # emerge fluxbox xlockmore x11-terms/eterm Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20060720 [nomerge ] net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20060720 USE="cups" [nomerge ] net-print/cups-1.2.10 USE="X jpeg ldap nls pam png ppds ssl tiff -dbus -php -samba -slp" [nomerge ] net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1 USE="crypt gdbm ipv6 odbc perl readline sasl ssl tcpd -berkdb -debug -kerberos -minimal -overlays -samba (-selinux) -slp -smbkrb5passwd" [ebuild N ] dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2 USE="crypt gdbm ldap pam ssl -authdaemond -berkdb -java -kerberos -mysql -ntlm_unsupported_patch -postgres -sample -srp -urandom" [ebuild N ] net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1 USE="crypt gdbm ipv6 odbc perl readline sasl ssl tcpd -berkdb -debug -kerberos -minimal -overlays -samba (-selinux) -slp -smbkrb5passwd" !!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2', 'merge') (hard) !!! Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily !!! disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. ============= when I do something else I have same bug too: (chroot) base root # emerge gnome Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] gnome-base/gnome-2.16.2 USE="cdr cups hal ldap -accessibility -dvdr" [nomerge ] app-admin/sabayon-2.12.4 USE="-debug" [nomerge ] dev-python/python-ldap-2.3 USE="doc sasl ssl -examples" [ebuild N ] dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2 USE="crypt gdbm ldap pam ssl -authdaemond -berkdb -java -kerberos -mysql -ntlm_unsupported_patch -postgres -sample -srp -urandom" [ebuild N ] net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1 USE="crypt gdbm ipv6 odbc perl readline sasl ssl tcpd -berkdb -debug -kerberos -minimal -overlays -samba (-selinux) -slp -smbkrb5passwd" !!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'net-nds/openldap-2.3.34-r1', 'merge') (hard) !!! Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily !!! disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. ==== My info: (chroot) base root # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.3 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r1, 2.6.18-3-amd64 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-3-amd64 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:20:01 +0000 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.15-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.20-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.po.opole.pl http://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl http://src.gentoo.pl" LANG="ru_RU.KOI8-R" LINGUAS="pl ru en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa amd64 apm arts avi bitmap-fonts cdr cli cracklib crypt cups doc dri dvd encode foomatic foomaticdb fortran gdbm g if gpm gstreamer hal iconv icq imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww midi mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly odbc oggvor bis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png ppds pppd python qt readline reflection sasl session spell spl ssl svg tcpd tiff true type truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales v4l xine xml2 xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp a tiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident us b-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec9 58 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboar d mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl ru en " USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fglrx vesa" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_ EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ====
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 32394 ***
