I'm unable to emerge icedtea on a fresh system. Doing emerge icedtea icedtea-bin solves the problem. ~ # emerge icedtea -pv These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] dev-java/icedtea-7.2.6.1:7::gentoo USE="pax_kernel -alsa -awt -cacao -cjk -cups -debug -doc -examples -gtk -infinality -jamvm -javascript -jbootstrap -kerberos -nsplugin -nss -pulseaudio -sctp (-selinux) -smartcard -source -sunec {-test} -webstart -zero" [ebuild N ] dev-java/ant-core-1.9.2::gentoo USE="-doc -source" 3338 KiB [ebuild N ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0:1.7::gentoo 0 KiB [ebuild N ~] dev-java/icedtea-7.2.6.1:7::gentoo USE="pax_kernel -alsa -awt -cacao -cjk -cups -debug -doc -examples -gtk -infinality -jamvm -javascript -jbootstrap -kerberos -nsplugin -nss -pulseaudio -sctp (-selinux) -smartcard -source -sunec {-test} -webstart -zero" 53810 KiB Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 57148 KiB * Error: circular dependencies: (dev-java/ant-core-1.9.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on (virtual/jdk-1.7.0:1.7/1.7::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) (dev-java/icedtea-7.2.6.1:7/7::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (runtime) (dev-java/ant-core-1.9.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 382421 ***
