[gentoo-user] A gentoo kind of dependency heck

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Once again... portage is mad at me, I guess...  unless I'm not alone
kdepim is required by KDE:
    treat ~ # equery --nocolor depends kdepim-3.5.2-r2
    [ Searching for packages depending on kdepim-3.5.2-r2... ]
    kde-base/kde-3.5.2
    kde-base/kdeaddons-3.5.2-r1
    treat ~ #  
BUT is blocked by other pieces of KDE
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkpgp-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkmime- 3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkpimidentities-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/kalarm-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkdepim-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/ktnef-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/certmanager-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim- 3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkdenetwork-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)
   [blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkcal-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.2-r2)

I find it especially charming that libkdepim is blocking kdepim, both being of the 3.5 flavor.
Can anyone tell me where to turn?

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD