portage
com_err / ss / e2fsprogs blocking e2fsprogs-libs
sys-libs/ss (is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2)
sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs (is blocking sys-libs/ss-1.40.9, sys-libs/com_err-1.40.9)
sys-libs/com_err (is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2)
<sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41 (is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.2)
what now?
The problem is simple to recognize, but tricky to solve.