Hello all gentoo newbie here i did a raid lvm quick install from the 2008.r1 livecd i must have missed something because i keep getting rc.conf file from the future errors and my /var directory was empty so i just uncompressed the stage 3 and recopied /var from stage three to my own /var. Seemed a bit messy so i figured i would try to clean things up a bit with emerge --sync emerge --update --deep --newuse world but i think i broke something
now when i do an emerge --sync and it tells me to update portage, i tried to do so but am getting this looooooong error Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] sys-apps/debianutils-2.28.5 USE="-static" [nomerge ] sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 USE="acl nls (-selinux) -static -vanilla -xattr" [nomerge ] sys-apps/acl-2.2.47 USE="nls (-nfs)" [nomerge ] sys-devel/automake-1.10.1 [nomerge ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5 USE="berkdb gdbm -build -debug -doc -ithreads -perlsuid" [nomerge ] sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r3 USE="berkdb" [nomerge ] sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2 USE="-bootstrap -doc -java -nocxx -tcl -test" [nomerge ] sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r3 USE="nls -multislot -multitarget -test -vanilla" [nomerge ] sys-devel/gettext-0.17 USE="acl nls openmp -doc -emacs -nocxx" [nomerge ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.32 USE="ipv6 python readline -bootstrap -build -debug -doc -examples -test" [nomerge ] dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads -bootstrap -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -ucs2 -wininst" [nomerge ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r2 USE="zlib -bindist -gmp -kerberos -sse2 -test" [ebuild N ] app-misc/ca-certificates-20080514-r2 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r2 USE="zlib -bindist -gmp -kerberos -sse2 -test" [ebuild N ] app-admin/python-updater-0.5 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.32 USE="ipv6 python readline -bootstrap -build -debug -doc -examples -test" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 USE="-build -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" [ebuild N ] dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads -bootstrap -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -ucs2 -wininst" [ebuild N ] net-misc/rsync-3.0.3 USE="acl iconv ipv6 -static -xattr -xinetd" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 USE="acl nls (-selinux) -static -vanilla -xattr" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/acl-2.2.47 USE="nls (-nfs)" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/attr-2.4.41 USE="nls" [nomerge ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r2 USE="zlib -bindist -gmp -kerberos -sse2 -test" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r2 USE="nls -static" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/man-pages-3.05 USE="nls" LINGUAS="-cs -da -de -es -fr -it -ja -nl -pl -ro -ru -zh_CN" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a [nomerge ] app-misc/ca-certificates-20080514-r2 [nomerge ] sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 USE="acl nls (-selinux) -static -vanilla -xattr" [nomerge ] sys-devel/automake-1.10.1 [nomerge ] sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4 USE="nls" [nomerge ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5 USE="berkdb gdbm -build -debug -doc -ithreads -perlsuid" [ebuild N ] app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.05 [nomerge ] sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a [ebuild N ] sys-apps/man-1.6f-r1 USE="nls" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/groff-1.19.2-r1 USE="-X -cjk" [nomerge ] sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 USE="acl nls (-selinux) -static -vanilla -xattr" [nomerge ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2 USE="gpm unicode -debug -doc -minimal -nocxx -profile -trace" [ebuild N ] sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r6 USE="(-selinux)" [nomerge ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.32 USE="ipv6 python readline -bootstrap -build -debug -doc -examples -test" [ebuild N ] sys-libs/readline-5.2_p12-r1 [nomerge ] net-misc/rsync-3.0.3 USE="acl iconv ipv6 -static -xattr -xinetd" [nomerge ] sys-apps/acl-2.2.47 USE="nls (-nfs)" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26 USE="-vanilla" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/automake-1.10.1 [ebuild N ] sys-apps/texinfo-4.11-r1 USE="nls -static" [nomerge ] dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads -bootstrap -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -ucs2 -wininst" [nomerge ] sys-libs/readline-5.2_p12-r1 [ebuild N ] app-shells/bash-3.2_p33 USE="nls -afs -bashlogger -plugins -vanilla" [ebuild N ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2 USE="gpm unicode -debug -doc -minimal -nocxx -profile -trace" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2 USE="-emacs" [nomerge ] sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 USE="acl nls (-selinux) -static -vanilla -xattr" [nomerge ] sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26 USE="-vanilla" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4 USE="nls" [ebuild N ] dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05 [nomerge ] dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05 [nomerge ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5 USE="berkdb gdbm -build -debug -doc -ithreads -perlsuid" [ebuild N ] perl-core/PodParser-1.35 [ebuild N ] perl-core/Test-Harness-3.10 [ebuild N ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2 USE="berkdb gdbm -debug -ithreads" [ebuild N ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5 USE="berkdb gdbm -build -debug -doc -ithreads -perlsuid" [nomerge ] net-misc/rsync-3.0.3 USE="acl iconv ipv6 -static -xattr -xinetd" [ebuild N ] dev-libs/popt-1.10.7 USE="nls" [nomerge ] dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads -bootstrap -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -ucs2 -wininst" [ebuild N ] sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r3 USE="berkdb" [ebuild N ] sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2 USE="-bootstrap -doc -java -nocxx -tcl -test" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r3 USE="nls -multislot -multitarget -test -vanilla" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/binutils-config-1.9-r4 [ebuild N ] sys-apps/findutils-4.3.13 USE="nls (-selinux) -static" [nomerge ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 USE="-build -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/sed-4.1.5-r1 USE="nls -static" [nomerge ] sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 USE="acl nls (-selinux) -static -vanilla -xattr" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/m4-1.4.11 USE="nls -examples" [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gettext-0.17 USE="acl nls openmp -doc -emacs -nocxx" !!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.11-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-admin/python-updater-0.5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.11-r1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.32', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-5.2_p12-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/findutils-4.3.13', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/sed-4.1.5-r1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/sed-4.1.5-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.2_p33', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'net-misc/rsync-3.0.3', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-5.2_p12-r1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.2_p33', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/m4-1.4.11', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-misc/ca-certificates-20080514-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r2', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/groff-1.19.2-r1', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.11-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/m4-1.4.11', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.11-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/man-pages-3.05', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/popt-1.10.7', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r6', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.2_p33', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.05', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'perl-core/Test-Harness-3.10', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'perl-core/PodParser-1.35', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r3', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/binutils-config-1.9-r4', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/man-1.6f-r1', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/binutils-config-1.9-r4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/findutils-4.3.13', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.05', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'app-shells/bash-3.2_p33', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.32', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/acl-2.2.47', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/man-pages-3.05', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/man-1.6f-r1', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'app-admin/python-updater-0.5', 'merge') (medium-soft) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/readline-5.2_p12-r1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r3', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 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'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/acl-2.2.47', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/attr-2.4.41', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/acl-2.2.47', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/m4-1.4.11', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'perl-core/Test-Harness-3.10', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'net-misc/rsync-3.0.3', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/automake-1.10.1', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-apps/acl-2.2.47', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-libs/popt-1.10.7', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r2', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-devel/libtool-1.5.26', 'merge') (hard) ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r6', 'merge') (hard) !!! 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