when running emerge --depclean after emerge -avuDN world, the first one complains about dependencies not being resolved: Calculating dependencies... done! * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to * the following required packages not being installed: * * >=sys-devel/automake-wrapper-3-r2 pulled in by: * sys-devel/automake-1.11 * * Have you forgotten to run `emerge --update --newuse --deep @system @world` prior * to depclean? It may be necessary to manually uninstall packages that no longer * exist in the portage tree since it may not be possible to satisfy their * dependencies. Also, be aware of the --with-bdeps option that is documented * in `man emerge`. However, emerge -pvuDN sys-devel/automake yields nothing. Moreover, package sys-devel/automake-wrapper-3-r2 does not even exist in the portage tree Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -avuDN world 2. emerge --depclean Actual Results: emerge --depclean halt due to unresolved dependencies Expected Results: Successfull emerge --depclean # emerge --info Portage 2.2_rc40 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r5-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T8100_@_2.10GHz-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r3, 2.6.2-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2, 1.11 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=core2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=core2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="gentoo.mirror.pw.edu.pl" LANG="pl_PL.utf8" LC_ALL="" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="pl" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac acl acpi alsa apache2 apm bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread ffmpeg firefox flac fortran ftp gdbm gimp gpm gtk hal hdaps hddtemp iconv imagemagick imap ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg laptop mmx mng mp3 mpeg mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python qt3support qt4 quicktime raw readline reflection scanner session spl sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs tcpd truetype unicode usb vim-syntax webkit wifi win32codecs x86 xorg zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 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 mmap_emul 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" CAMERAS="adc65 agfa_cl20 aox barbie canon casio_qv clicksmart310 digigr8 digita dimagev dimera3500 directory enigma13 fuji gsmart300 hp215 iclick jamcam jd11 jl2005a kodak_dc120 kodak_dc210 kodak_dc240 kodak_dc3200 kodak_ez200 konica konica_qm150 largan lg_gsm mars mustek panasonic_coolshot panasonic_dc1000 panasonic_dc1580 panasonic_l859 pccam300 pccam600 polaroid_pdc320 polaroid_pdc640 polaroid_pdc700 ptp2 ricoh ricoh_g3 samsung sierra sipix_blink sipix_blink2 sipix_web2 smal sonix sony_dscf1 sony_dscf55 soundvision spca50x sq905 stv0674 stv0680 sx330z template topfield toshiba_pdrm11" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
>=sys-devel/automake-wrapper-3-r2 means "larger or equal than 3-r2" sys-devel/automake-wrapper-4 would satisfy that.Install it, then try again, reopen this bug if you still run into issues.