Once you get into gentoo python dependency issues, it can be a long ugly haul out. For this one, I had to clean out hundreds of lines in packages.keywords that portage had added over the years, rerun it to let it add a bunch more lines, run dispatch-conf to accept them, and only then get past my blockers.
I believe I have lived and loved and learned and I’m ready to let someone else manage my linux package dependencies. For now and foreverer more.
I love you gentoo but I fear I must break up with you. For my sake, not yours. So long and thanks for all the compiles.