[nomerge ] net-misc/whois-4.7.30 USE="nls" [ebuild U ] net-dns/libidn-1.15 [1.14] USE="nls -doc -emacs -java -mono" 2,574 kB [ebuild U ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.21 [1.0.20] USE="nls -doc -minimal (-midi%*)" 0 kB [nomerge ] app-editors/vim-7.2.182 USE="acl gpm nls perl python vim-pager -bash-completion -cscope -minimal -ruby -vim-with-x" [nomerge ] app-editors/vim-core-7.2.182 USE="acl nls -bash-completion -livecd" [nomerge ] app-admin/eselect-vi-1.1.5 [ebuild U ] app-admin/eselect-1.2.1 [1.2] USE="-bash-completion -doc" 153 kB [nomerge ] media-sound/sox-14.2.0 USE="alsa encode flac mad ogg png -amrnb -amrwb -ao -debug -ffmpeg -id3tag -ladspa -libsamplerate -oss -sndfile -wavpack" [ebuild U ] media-sound/gsm-1.0.13 [1.0.12-r1] 64 kB [ebuild U ] media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r10 [4.1-r4] USE="jpeg png tiff" 0 kB [nomerge ] media-libs/mesa-7.5.1 USE="nptl -debug -doc -motif -pic -xcb" VIDEO_CARDS="intel -mach64 -mga -none -r128 -radeon -radeonhd -s3virge -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -trident -via" [ebuild U ] x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.13 [2.4.12] USE="-debug" 405 kB [ebuild U ] sys-libs/readline-6.0_p3 [5.2_p13] 2,224 kB Total: 7 packages (7 upgrades), Size of downloads: 5,418 kB !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: sys-libs/readline:0 ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-6.0_p3', 'merge') pulled in by >=sys-libs/readline-5.1 required by ('installed', '/', 'net-ftp/lftp-3.7.14', 'nomerge') sys-libs/readline required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-lang/php-5.2.10', 'nomerge') sys-libs/readline required by world (and 12 more) ('installed', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-5.2_p13', 'nomerge') pulled in by =sys-libs/readline-5* required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-lang/ghc-6.8.2', 'nomerge') (and 15 more) It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page o