=========================== # emerge -uDa world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies \ !!! Problems have been detected with your world file !!! Please run emaint --check world ... done! Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No] y >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. ========================== # emaint --check world Checking world for problems 'sys-apps/coldplugapp-admin/syslog-ng' is not a valid atom Finished ============================== # emerge -p coldplug These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1 [blocks B ] >=sys-fs/udev-089 (is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1) [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-104-r12) ============================= Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -uDa world 2.emaint --check world 3.
<snip> 'sys-apps/coldplugapp-admin/syslog-ng' is not a valid atom </snip> Hmm? That's not a bug, it's not a valid atom, needs to be on separate lines. Run emaint --fix or fix your world file in $EDITOR.
Thanks a lot, emaint --fix world did the trick. I'm sorry.