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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/2/21 10:10 PM, David Haller wrote:<br>
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      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hello,

On Mon, 02 Aug 2021, n952162 wrote:
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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy
"dev-python/isodate[python_targets_python3_8(-)?,python_targets_python3_9(-)?]"
have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
request:
- dev-python/isodate-0.6.0-r2::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 8)

The current version of portage supports EAPI '7'. You must upgrade to a
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      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed.
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You should read a bit more carefully... It seems your sys-apps/portage
is a bit dated.

Upgrade sys-apps/portage first, then it should work.

HTH,
-dnh
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    <p>I read that, but I last updated 2 months ago.  So, this update
      breaks because portage was updated and new ebuilds using that are
      already being pushed out?  Seems strict to me ... but <i>isodate</i> 
      being the only one?  I still have a EAPI 4 on my system (1). 
      Plenty of EAPI 5.  Was there something in isodate that needed to
      be urgently updated - utilizing the the cutting edge EAPI?<br>
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