Qemu and Spice block each other while trying to install gnome-boxes Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to emerge gnome-boxes 2. qemu and spice block each other Actual Results: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] gnome-extra/gnome-boxes-3.36.6::gentoo USE="-rdp" 1.247 KiB [ebuild N ] net-misc/spice-gtk-0.39::gentoo USE="gtk3 introspection policykit smartcard usbredir vala wayland (-libressl) -lz4 -mjpeg -sasl -webdav" 826 KiB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/libvirt-glib-4.0.0::gentoo USE="introspection vala -gtk-doc -test" 159 KiB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/libvirt-7.2.0:0/7.2.0::gentoo USE="caps libvirtd nls policykit qemu udev virt-network -apparmor -audit -dtrace -firewalld -fuse -glusterfs -iscsi -iscsi-direct -libssh -lvm -lxc -nfs -numa (-openvz) -parted -pcap -rbd -sasl (-selinux) -verify-sig -virtualbox -wireshark-plugins -xen -zfs" 8.459 KiB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/spice-0.14.3-r1::gentoo USE="gstreamer smartcard (-libressl) -lz4 -sasl -static-libs -test" 1.470 KiB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/qemu-5.2.0-r50::gentoo USE="aio alsa bzip2 caps curl fdt filecaps gtk jpeg ncurses nls opengl oss pin-upstream-blobs png pulseaudio sdl seccomp slirp smartcard spice udev usb usbredir vhost-net vnc xattr -accessibility -capstone -debug -doc -glusterfs -gnutls -infiniband -io-uring -iscsi -jack -jemalloc -lzo -multipath -nfs -numa -plugins -python -rbd -sasl -sdl-image (-selinux) -snappy -ssh -static -static-user -systemtap -test -vde -vhost-user-fs -virgl -virtfs -vte -xen -xfs -zstd" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_9 -python3_7 -python3_8" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="x86_64 -aarch64 -alpha -arm -avr -cris -hppa -i386 -lm32 -m68k -microblaze -microblazeel -mips -mips64 -mips64el -mipsel -moxie -nios2 -or1k -ppc -ppc64 -riscv32 -riscv64 -rx -s390x -sh4 -sh4eb -sparc -sparc64 -tricore -unicore32 -xtensa -xtensaeb" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="-aarch64 -aarch64_be -alpha -arm -armeb -cris -hppa -i386 -m68k -microblaze -microblazeel -mips -mips64 -mips64el -mipsel -mipsn32 -mipsn32el -nios2 -or1k -ppc -ppc64 -ppc64abi32 -ppc64le -riscv32 -riscv64 -s390x -sh4 -sh4eb -sparc -sparc32plus -sparc64 -tilegx -x86_64 -xtensa -xtensaeb" 104.398 KiB Total: 6 packages (6 new), Size of downloads: 116.555 KiB * Error: circular dependencies: (app-emulation/qemu-5.2.0-r50:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on (app-emulation/spice-0.14.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) (app-emulation/qemu-5.2.0-r50:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. Expected Results: gnome-boxes installed
The bug is "expected" and can be "fixed" changing USE flags