# emerge -1va wxGTK:2.6 --tree These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] x11-libs/wxGTK-2.6.4.0-r2 [2.6.4.0] USE="X debug doc gnome odbc opengl sdl unicode -pch% (-joystick%*)" [ebuild N ] app-admin/eselect-wxwidgets-0.5 0 kB [ebuild U ] x11-libs/wxGTK-2.6.4.0-r2 [2.6.4.0] USE="X debug doc gnome odbc opengl sdl unicode -pch% (-joystick%*)" 0 kB [blocks B ] <=x11-libs/wxGTK-2.6.4.0-r1 (is blocking app-admin/eselect-wxwidgets-0.5) Total: 2 packages (1 upgrade, 1 new, 1 block), Size of downloads: 0 kB !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed !!! at the same time on the same system. For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked