$ eix python-upda [I] app-admin/python-updater Available versions: 0.2 0.5 (~)0.6 (~)0.6-r1 **9999 Installed versions: 0.6-r1(17:47:24 11-12-08) Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/Python Description: Script used to remerge python packages when changing Python version. # python-updater -i * Starting Python Updater from 2.5 to 2.6 : * Adding to list: sci-visualization/pyxplot:0 * Adding to list: x11-libs/vte:0 * check: manual [Added to list manually, see CHECKS in manpage for more information.] * Adding to list: sci-libs/scipy:0 * Adding to list: sci-libs/libsvm:0 * Adding to list: x11-proto/xcb-proto:0 * Adding to list: gnome-base/gnome-menus:0 * Adding to list: app-text/mftrace:1 * Adding to list: app-text/gnome-doc-utils:0 * Adding to list: app-portage/layman:0 * Adding to list: app-portage/elogv:0 * Adding to list: dev-db/postgresql:0 * Adding to list: kde-base/superkaramba:3.5 * Adding to list: media-gfx/graphviz:0 * Adding to list: media-libs/ming:0 * Adding to list: media-libs/pdflib:5 * Adding to list: media-libs/lcms:0 * Adding to list: sys-apps/pkgcore:0 * Adding to list: sys-apps/file:0 * Adding to list: sys-libs/libcap:0 * Adding to list: sys-libs/libieee1284:0 * Adding to list: sys-libs/cracklib:0 * Adding to list: net-zope/zopeinterface:0 * Adding to list: app-office/koffice:0 * Adding to list: app-office/-MERGING-koffice:0 * Adding to list: dev-java/java-config:0 * Adding to list: dev-java/java-config:2 * Adding to list: dev-libs/libxml2:2 * Adding to list: dev-libs/newt:0 * Adding to list: dev-libs/boost:0 * check: manual [Added to list manually, see CHECKS in manpage for more information.] * Adding to list: dev-libs/libxslt:0 * Adding to list: dev-libs/libgamin:0 * Adding to list: dev-util/scons:0 * Adding to list: dev-util/mercurial:0 * Adding to list: dev-util/portatosourceview:0 * Adding to list: dev-util/bzr:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/paramiko:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pyopengl:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/feedparser:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/docutils:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/dbus-python:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/egenix-mx-base:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/twisted:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/lxml:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pyrex:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/numpy:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/snakeoil:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/urlgrabber:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pyxf86config:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pygments:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/qscintilla-python:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/dnspython:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pygtk:2 * Adding to list: dev-python/cython:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pycairo:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/python-fchksum:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/PyQt:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/setuptools:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pygobject:2 * Adding to list: dev-python/numeric:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/epydoc:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pyx:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/imaging:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pyxml:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/twisted-web:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pygame:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pyopenssl:0 * Adding to list: dev-python/pycrypto:0 * Adding to list: media-video/clive:0 * Adding to list: gnome-extra/libgsf:0 * Adding to list: app-pda/libopensync:0 * Adding to list: app-pda/pilot-link:0 * emerge -vD1 sci-visualization/pyxplot:0 x11-libs/vte:0 sci-libs/scipy:0 sci-libs/libsvm:0 x11-proto/xcb-proto:0 gnome-base/gnome-menus:0 app-text/mftrace:1 app-text/gnome-doc-utils:0 app-portage/layman:0 app-portage/elogv:0dev-db/postgresql:0 kde-base/superkaramba:3.5 media-gfx/graphviz:0 media-libs/ming:0 media-libs/pdflib:5 media-libs/lcms:0 sys-apps/pkgcore:0 sys-apps/file:0 sys-libs/libcap:0 sys-libs/libieee1284:0 sys-libs/cracklib:0 net-zope/zopeinterface:0 app-office/koffice:0 app-office/-MERGING-koffice:0 dev-java/java-config:0 dev-java/java-config:2 dev-libs/libxml2:2 dev-libs/newt:0 dev-libs/boost:0 dev-libs/libxslt:0 dev-libs/libgamin:0 dev-util/scons:0 dev-util/mercurial:0 dev-util/portatosourceview:0 dev-util/bzr:0 dev-python/paramiko:0 dev-python/pyopengl:0 dev-python/feedparser:0 dev-python/docutils:0 dev-python/dbus-python:0 dev-python/egenix-mx-base:0 dev-python/twisted:0dev-python/lxml:0 dev-python/pyrex:0 dev-python/numpy:0 dev-python/snakeoil:0 dev-python/urlgrabber:0 dev-python/pyxf86config:0 dev-python/pygments:0 dev-python/qscintilla-python:0 dev-python/dnspython:0 dev-python/pygtk:2 dev-python/cython:0 dev-python/pycairo:0 dev-python/python-fchksum:0 dev-python/PyQt:0 dev-python/setuptools:0 dev-python/pygobject:2 dev-python/numeric:0 dev-python/epydoc:0 dev-python/pyx:0 dev-python/imaging:0 dev-python/pyxml:0 dev-python/twisted-web:0 dev-python/pygame:0 dev-python/pyopenssl:0 dev-python/pycrypto:0 media-video/clive:0 gnome-extra/libgsf:0 app-pda/libopensync:0 app-pda/pilot-link:0 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "app-office/-MERGING-koffice:0".
Problem is: app-office/-MERGING-koffice:0
Your VDB (/var/db/pkg) probably contains app-office/-MERGING-koffice-${PVR} directory. You should remove this directory. Portage creates directories with such names during merging of files from ${D} to ${ROOT}. On your system such a process somewhen had been interrupted.
I think that `emerge` could print a warning when /var/db/pkg/*/-MERGING-* exists and no other `emerge` process is running.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 192778 ***