Today on an amd64 machine I did emerge -D -uav world and got a response including the following lines:
[blocks B ] kde-base/kdenetwork ("kde-base/kdenetwork" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kde ("kde-base/kde" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdetoys ("kde-base/kdetoys" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdeaccessibility ("kde-base/kdeaccessibility" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdeartwork ("kde-base/kdeartwork" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdepim ("kde-base/kdepim" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdemultimedia ("kde-base/kdemultimedia" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdeadmin ("kde-base/kdeadmin" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdebase ("kde-base/kdebase" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdeedu ("kde-base/kdeedu" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdegraphics ("kde-base/kdegraphics" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdewebdev ("kde-base/kdewebdev" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdegames ("kde-base/kdegames" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdeaddons ("kde-base/kdeaddons" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) [blocks B ] kde-base/kdeutils ("kde-base/kdeutils" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6) Total: 18 packages (16 upgrades, 2 new), Size of downloads: 177,324 kB Conflict: 26 blocks (15 unsatisfied) Portage tree and overlays: [0] /usr/portage [?] indicates that the source repository could not be determined * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/kde-3.5.9', 'nomerge') pulled in by kde-base/kde required by world ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/kdebase-3.5.9-r4', 'nomerge') pulled in by ~kde-base/kdebase-3.5.9 required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/kdeadmin-3.5.9', 'nomerge') ~kde-base/kdebase-3.5.9 required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/kdegames-3.5.9', 'nomerge') ~kde-base/kdebase-3.5.9 required by ('installed', '/', 'kde-base/kdeartwork-3.5.9', 'nomerge') (and 7 more) ('ebuild', '/', 'kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6', 'merge') pulled in by =kde-base/kdelibs-3.5* required by ('installed', '/', 'media-sound/amarok-1.4.10-r2', 'nomerge') =kde-base/kdelibs-3.5* required by ('installed', '/', 'media-video/kmplayer-0.10.0c', 'nomerge') kde-base/kdelibs required by world (and 2 more) I would be grateful for suggestions about how to resolve this blockage. -John -- John P. Burkett Department of Economics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0808 USA