Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ~] sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r1 [20101024-r2] USE="cracklib sha512 -consolekit -debug -gnome-keyring -minimal -mktemp -pam_krb5 -pam_ssh -passwdqc (-selinux) -systemd%" 0 kB [ebuild U ] sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.1-r1 [4.1.4.3] USE="acl%* cracklib nls pam -audit (-selinux) -skey -xattr%" 0 kB [blocks b ] <sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1 ("<sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1" is blocking sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r1) Total: 2 packages (2 upgrades), Size of downloads: 0 kB Conflict: 1 block The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed: #required by sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.1-r1[pam], required by shadow (argument) =sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r1 ~amd64 So how the bleep did shadow get stabled?!
pambase-20120417-r2 is stable, use that instead
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 454388 ***