emul-linux-x86-qtlibs-20071114-r2 and emul-linux-x86-soundlibs-20071114-r1 both depend on each other because of arts That means that I can't install emul-linux-x86-qtlibs as it requires the arts useflag set in emul-linux-x86-soundlibs. If I set the arts useflag in emul-linux-x86-soundlibs portage wants to install emul-linux-x86-qtlibs as a dependency which fails again. kaazoo@monster ~ $ USE=arts emerge -pv emul-linux-x86-soundlibs These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-qtlibs-20071114-r2 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-soundlibs-20071114-r1 USE="arts* -esd -oss" 0 kB Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Reproducible: Always kaazoo@monster ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.23-tuxonice-r3 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-tuxonice-r3 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ Timestamp of tree: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:30:02 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="de_DE.utf8" LC_ALL="de_DE.utf8" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X accessibility acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri fortran gdbm gif glitz gpm gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jbig jpeg jpeg2k midi mmx mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python readline reflection rle session spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xcb xcomposite xinerama xorg xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
installing emul-linux-x86-soundlibs-20071125 seems to fix it. sorry for not trying that one out first.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 200263 ***
