just read in the git log: sys-process/procps: amd64 stable wrt bug #778935 when upgrading accordingly, there is an unresolved blocker: emerge -auvND world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] sys-process/procps-3.3.17:0/8::gentoo [3.3.16-r2:0/8::gentoo] USE="elogind kill ncurses nls (split-usr) (unicode) -modern-top (-selinux) -static-libs -systemd -test" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 985 KiB [blocks B ] <app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.2.0-r1 ("<app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.2.0-r1" is blocking sys-process/procps-3.3.17) [blocks B ] >=sys-process/procps-3.3.17 (">=sys-process/procps-3.3.17" is blocking app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.0.0) Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 985 KiB Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.0.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by app-i18n/man-pages-l10n[l10n_de] required by (sys-apps/man-pages-5.09:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="" ABI_X86="(64)" L10N="de -fr -it -ja -nl -pl -ru -zh-CN" (sys-process/procps-3.3.17:0/8::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by sys-process/procps required by @system For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages
app-i18b/man-pages-l10n only will be pulled in if there is localization pulled in I believe, which may explain why this was missed: emerge --depclean -pv man-pages-l10n Calculating dependencies... done! app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.0.0 pulled in by: sys-apps/man-pages-5.09 requires app-i18n/man-pages-l10n[l10n_de] >>> No packages selected for removal by depclean solution could be to stabilize =app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.2.0-r1
*** Bug 779070 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
amd64 arm arm64 hppa ppc ppc64 s390 sparc x86 (ALLARCHES) done all arches done