emerge -uDNavq world is runs without errors: Nothing to merge; quitting.
Before running "emerge --depclean" I try to double check with: emerge --update --newuse --deep @world and run into conflict: WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict: sys-libs/gdbm:0 (sys-libs/gdbm-1.23:0/6::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="nls readline -berkdb -static-libs -test -verify-sig" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" conflicts with sys-libs/gdbm:0/6=[berkdb] required by (dev-lang/python-3.12.1:3.12/3.12::gentoo, installed) USE="ensurepip gdbm ncurses readline sqlite ssl -bluetooth -build -debug -examples -libedit -lto -pgo -test -tk -valgrind -verify-sig" ABI_X86="(64)" ^^^^^^ sys-libs/gdbm:=[berkdb] required by (dev-lang/python-3.11.7:3.11/3.11::gentoo, installed) USE="ensurepip gdbm ncurses readline sqlite ssl -bluetooth -build -debug -examples -libedit -pgo -test -tk -valgrind -verify-sig" ABI_X86="(64)" ^^^^^^ sys-libs/gdbm:=[berkdb] required by (dev-lang/python-3.12.1:3.12/3.12::gentoo, installed) USE="ensurepip gdbm ncurses readline sqlite ssl -bluetooth -build -debug -examples -libedit -lto -pgo -test -tk -valgrind -verify-sig" ABI_X86="(64)" ^^^^^^ sys-libs/gdbm:0/6=[berkdb] required by (dev-lang/python-3.11.7:3.11/3.11::gentoo, installed) USE="ensurepip gdbm ncurses readline sqlite ssl -bluetooth -build -debug -examples -libedit -pgo -test -tk -valgrind -verify-sig" ABI_X86="(64)" ^^^^^^ media-libs/tiff:0 (media-libs/tiff-4.6.0:0/6::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="cxx jpeg zlib -jbig -lzma -static-libs -test -verify-sig -webp -zstd" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" conflicts with <media-libs/tiff-4.6:0/6= required by (net-misc/hylafaxplus-7.0.6-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="lcms mgetty pam -html -jbig -ldap" ABI_X86="(64)" ^ ^^^ <media-libs/tiff-4.6:= required by (net-misc/hylafaxplus-7.0.6-r4:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="lcms mgetty pam -html -jbig -ldap" ABI_X86="(64)" ^ ^^^ i5_new /home/fd # ^C i5_new /home/fd # equery d net-misc/hylafaxplus * These packages depend on net-misc/hylafaxplus: i5_new /home/fd # eix net-misc/hylafaxplus [I] net-misc/hylafaxplus Available versions: 7.0.6-r4 {html jbig lcms ldap mgetty pam} Installed versions: 7.0.6-r4(19:38:55 12/15/23)(lcms mgetty pam -html -jbig -ldap) Homepage: https://hylafax.sourceforge.io/ Description: Enterprise client-server fax package for class 1 and 2 fax modems i5_new /home/fd # equery d media-libs/tiff * These packages depend on media-libs/tiff: app-text/evince-45.0 (tiff ? >=media-libs/tiff-4.0) app-text/ghostscript-gpl-10.02.1 (>=media-libs/tiff-4.0.1) app-text/poppler-23.12.0 (tiff ? media-libs/tiff) app-text/qpdf-11.6.3-r1 (test ? media-libs/tiff) media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r22 (tiff ? media-libs/tiff) media-libs/lcms-2.15 (tiff ? >=media-libs/tiff-4.0.3-r6[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]) media-libs/openjpeg-2.5.0-r6 (media-libs/tiff) net-misc/hylafaxplus-7.0.6-r4 (<media-libs/tiff-4.6[jbig?]) net-print/cups-filters-1.28.17-r2 (tiff ? media-libs/tiff) x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.42.10-r1 (tiff ? >=media-libs/tiff-3.9.2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]) i5_new /home/fd # eix media-libs/tiff [I] media-libs/tiff Available versions: 4.5.0-r2(0/6)^t 4.5.1(0/6)^t ~4.6.0(0/6)^t {+cxx jbig jpeg lzma static-libs test verify-sig webp zlib zstd ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"} Installed versions: 4.5.1(0/6)^t(19:06:38 08/13/23)(cxx jpeg zlib -jbig -lzma -static-libs -test -verify-sig -webp -zstd ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32") Homepage: http://libtiff.maptools.org Description: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library * media-libs/tiff-compat Available versions: (4) 4.4.0-r1^t {+cxx jbig jpeg lzma test verify-sig webp zlib zstd ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"} Homepage: http://libtiff.maptools.org Description: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library (compat package for libtiff.so.5) Found 2 matches i5_new /home/fd # ll /etc/portage/package.use/package.use -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 216 Dec 15 19:37 /etc/portage/package.use/package.use i5_new /home/fd # cat /etc/portage/package.use/package.use net-dialup/mgetty -fax net-misc/hylafaxplus mgetty #app-text/evince postscript mail-mta/postfix sasl berkdb #by ysa dev-lang/php mysql mysqli gd media-video/guvcview gsl pulseaudio sys-boot/grub device-mapper i5_new /home/fd # eix sys-libs/gdbm [I] sys-libs/gdbm Available versions: 1.23(0/6)^t {+berkdb nls +readline static-libs test verify-sig ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"} Installed versions: 1.23(0/6)^t(13:32:27 08/13/23)(berkdb nls readline -static-libs -test -verify-sig ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32") Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/ Description: Standard GNU database libraries It looks like there are dependency conflicts involving the packages sys-libs/gdbm and media-libs/tiff in your Gentoo system. The error messages indicate that there are conflicting versions and USE flags for these packages. Any hint how to resolve it? -- Thelma