>The confusion is all mine, because I cannot decipher what is masking dev-util/ >boost-build-1.63: >===================== ># emerge -uaNDv world > >These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > >Calculating dependencies... done! > >Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 KiB > >!!! The following update has been skipped due to unsatisfied dependencies: > >dev-libs/boost:0 > > selected: (dev-libs/boost-1.62.0-r1:0/1.62.0::gentoo, installed) > skipped: (dev-libs/boost-1.63.0:0/1.63.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for >merge) (see unsatisfied dependency below) > >!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=dev-util/boost-build-1.63*" have been >masked. >!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: >- dev-util/boost-build-1.63.0::gentoo (masked by: ) > >(dependency required by "dev-libs/boost-1.63.0::gentoo" [ebuild]) >===================== > > >>From what I see below dev-libs/boost-1.63.0 does not look masked to me: >======================== >$ eix -l boost-build >[U] dev-util/boost-build > Available versions: > 1.62.0-r1 ^t [examples python test > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"] >["python? ( python_targets_python2_7 ) test? ( python_targets_python2_7 )"] > 1.63.0 ^t [examples python test > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"] >["python? ( python_targets_python2_7 ) test? ( python_targets_python2_7 )"] > ~ 1.65.0 ^t [examples python test > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"] >["python? ( python_targets_python2_7 ) test? ( python_targets_python2_7 )"] > Installed versions: 1.62.0-r1^t(09:28:37 01/28/17)(-examples -python - >test PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7") > Homepage: http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/index.html > Description: A system for large project software construction, >simple to use and powerful >========================== > > >====================== >$ eshowkw boost-build >Keywords for dev-util/boost-build: > | | u | > | a a p a n r s | n | > | l m h i p r m m i i s p | e u s | r > | p d a p a p c x m i 6 o s 3 a | a s l | e > | h 6 r p 6 p 6 8 6 p 8 s c 9 s r | p e o | p > | a 4 m a 4 c 4 6 4 s k 2 v 0 h c | i d t | o >-------------+---------------------------------+-------+------- >[I]1.62.0-r1 | + + + + + + + + + ~ o o o ~ ~ + | 6 o 0 | gentoo > 1.63.0 | + + + ~ + + + + ~ ~ o o o ~ ~ ~ | 6 o | gentoo > 1.65.0 | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o o o ~ ~ ~ | 6 o | gentoo >=================================== > >I see that 1.63.0 and 1.65.0 have no slot defined, but I'm not sure what is >causing this. > >-- >Regards, >Mick
This is caused by a portage bug. See b.g.o #554838 Updating to unstable portage-2.3.13 resolved the problem for me. DaveF
