> > You could try the opposite at the initial circular dependency. > > USE="-truetype" emerge -1 harfbuzz
Different error, but i can't see a solution here either; media-libs/harfbuzz:0 (media-libs/harfbuzz-2.8.2-r1:0/0.9.18::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="cairo glib graphite icu introspection -debug -doc -experimental -static-libs -test -truetype" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" pulled in by media-libs/harfbuzz (Argument) (media-libs/harfbuzz-2.8.2-r1:0/0.9.18::gentoo, installed) USE="cairo glib graphite icu introspection truetype -debug -doc -experimental -static-libs -test" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" pulled in by >=media-libs/harfbuzz-2.0:=[glib(+),introspection?,truetype(+),abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (x11-libs/pango-1.48.7-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="X introspection sysprof -debug" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" <snip>