see http://forums.funtoo.org/index.php?/topic/86-running-lprng-but-foomaticdb-pulls-in-cups/
Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-print/lprng-3.8.35-r2 USE="foomaticdb nls ssl -kerberos" 12,220 kB [ebuild N ] net-print/foomatic-db-4.0.20140105 37,935 kB [ebuild N ] net-print/foomatic-db-engine-4.0.11 352 kB [ebuild N ] net-print/foomatic-filters-4.0.17-r1 USE="dbus -cups" 261 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/enscript-1.6.6 USE="nls -ruby" 1,300 kB [nomerge ] net-print/foomatic-db-engine-4.0.11 [ebuild N ] net-print/cups-1.7.4-r1 USE="X acl dbus pam python ssl threads -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -lprng-compat (-selinux) -static-libs -systemd -usb -xinetd -zeroconf" LINGUAS="-ca -es -fr -it -ja -pt_BR -ru" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 8,587 kB [blocks B ] >=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.43-r1[foomatic] (">=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.43-r1[foomatic]" is blocking net-print/foomatic-filters-4.0.17-r1) [blocks B ] net-print/lprng ("net-print/lprng" is blocking net-print/cups-1.7.4-r1) [blocks B ] net-print/foomatic-filters ("net-print/foomatic-filters" is blocking net-print/cups-filters-1.0.54) [blocks B ] >=net-print/cups-1.6.2-r4[-lprng-compat] (">=net-print/cups-1.6.2-r4[-lprng-compat]" is blocking net-print/lprng-3.8.35-r2) Total: 6 packages (6 new), Size of downloads: 60,652 kB Conflict: 4 blocks (4 unsatisfied) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (net-print/lprng-3.8.35-r2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by lprng (net-print/cups-filters-1.0.54::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.43-r1[foomatic] required by (net-print/foomatic-db-engine-4.0.11::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.43 required by (net-print/cups-1.7.4-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (net-print/cups-1.7.4-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by net-print/cups required by (net-print/foomatic-db-engine-4.0.11::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)