'emerge -puvDN world' shows nothing to do, until I execute 'emerge depclean'. After that, 'emerge -uDN world' installs everything that was "depcleaned". Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -uDN world 2.emerge depclean 3.Goto step 1 Actual Results: Packages which are removed and reinstalled: dev-libs/libtasn1 gnome-base/gail gnome-base/libgnomeprintui dev-tcltk/expect net-libs/libsoup net-libs/gnutls app-crypt/opencdk dev-libs/lzo gnome-base/libgnomeprint net-print/libgnomecups Expected Results: After the second step, repeating steps 1 and 2 shouldn't change anything, unless a use flag is changed (I didn't change any use flag) Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.linorg.usp.br/gentoo/ http://linusp.usp.br/gentoo/ http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.samerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext 7zip X apache2 avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bonobo bzip2 bzlib cddb cdr crypt cups curl divx4linux dvd dvdr emboss esd fam firefox flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib innodb jack java javascript jpeg jpeg2k junit kdeenablefinal ldap libg++ libwww logrotate mad mmx mmx2 mmxext mng motif mp3 mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oscar pam pdflib perl php png python quicktime readline rtc ruby samba sasl sdl slang sqlite sse ssl tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode v4l v4l2 vhosts vorbis xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid yv12 zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY Here goes my world file: # cat /var/lib/portage/world media-libs/gd net-analyzer/ethereal media-plugins/xmms-iris net-dns/bind-tools media-libs/libungif media-sound/alsa-utils media-sound/xmms media-gfx/gqview x11-misc/xscreensaver games-puzzle/pingus app-office/dia media-libs/libsdl media-sound/rip dev-db/mysql x11-libs/gtk+ app-arch/rar sys-devel/crossdev dev-php/adodb dev-python/wxpython sys-fs/udev media-sound/glame media-libs/sdl-ttf app-arch/zip x11-misc/xplanet games-arcade/frozen-bubble media-video/mplayer app-admin/localepurge sys-apps/pciutils net-ftp/gftp app-arch/p7zip net-www/apache sys-power/apcupsd sys-process/at media-sound/easytag net-www/netscape-flash mail-client/mutt dev-db/dbdesigner media-sound/cdplay x11-libs/wxGTK app-cdr/cdrtools sys-kernel/gentoo-sources net-dns/bind xfce-base/xfce4 net-im/gaim media-libs/flac media-libs/giflib media-plugins/xmms-infinity app-cdr/bin2iso net-dns/djbdns media-video/nvidia-glx app-admin/gkrellm net-mail/hotwayd dev-php/php dev-perl/sdl-perl app-misc/mc media-libs/libpng net-im/centericq media-video/nvidia-settings sys-fs/reiserfsprogs media-sound/audacity xfce-extra/terminal net-misc/rdesktop media-video/gxine net-www/awstats app-emulation/vmware-workstation app-accessibility/speechd app-arch/unace media-sound/wavsplit sys-devel/distcc x11-misc/skippy sys-process/vixie-cron media-video/spca5xx sys-apps/xinetd media-libs/xine-lib app-office/openoffice-bin sys-libs/pam x11-misc/rss-glx www-apps/sitebar net-misc/curl media-gfx/gimp app-text/convmv sys-power/athcool net-misc/dhcpcd dev-libs/cyrus-sasl sys-apps/lm_sensors net-misc/ltsp media-plugins/xmms-jess www-apps/gallery sys-apps/iproute2 sys-libs/glibc sys-apps/sh-utils net-p2p/mldonkey net-mail/fetchmail media-gfx/gphoto2 net-fs/nfs-utils dev-php/mod_php app-portage/genlop net-p2p/azureus-bin dev-ruby/sqlite-ruby www-servers/tomcat dev-ruby/eruby media-sound/aumix net-analyzer/nessus x11-base/opengl-update net-misc/ntp app-antivirus/clamav app-admin/metalog app-portage/mirrorselect kde-base/kde-env media-sound/ssrc xfce-extra/xfce4-showdesktop media-video/ogle x11-themes/blueglass-xcursors www-client/lynx media-sound/sox dev-java/java-config www-client/links www-client/mozilla-firefox net-dns/ddclient app-accessibility/mbrola games-fps/ut2004 media-sound/ripperx dev-db/phpmyadmin xfce-extra/xfce4-notes net-misc/d4x media-fonts/corefonts x11-libs/fox mail-mta/postfix media-sound/grip dev-java/bcel media-sound/mpg123 net-fs/samba sys-apps/xmbmon media-video/nvidia-kernel app-text/acroread dev-ruby/ruby-gtk2 media-sound/teamspeak2-client-bin x11-plugins/gkrellmoon net-ftp/vsftpd x11-base/xorg-x11 net-ftp/ftp dev-util/ccache net-nds/openldap media-gfx/jhead dev-ruby/rbbr media-video/xine-ui media-video/camsource app-admin/logrotate x11-plugins/gkrellmms mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird sys-devel/gettext sys-apps/sdparm gnome-base/gdm kde-base/arts x11-misc/xcompmgr app-cdr/cdrdao net-proxy/squid media-libs/t1lib media-libs/netpbm x11-themes/xmms-themes net-misc/tightvnc dev-ruby/mysql-ruby media-video/motion media-sound/cvoicecontrol media-video/avifile net-im/gnomemeeting dev-libs/pwlib sys-apps/fileutils app-backup/dar dev-ruby/mod_ruby sci-calculators/calcoo dev-db/sqlite media-video/mjpegtools net-misc/grdesktop xfce-extra/xfce4-taskmanager media-sound/mp3blaster app-portage/gentoolkit dev-lang/tk app-editors/vim dev-java/jdbc-mysql dev-lang/ruby app-cdr/cdrecord-prodvd net-misc/dhcp kde-misc/filelight net-im/skype sys-boot/grub sys-apps/baselayout sys-apps/slocate media-video/w3cam x11-misc/3ddesktop net-misc/netkit-telnetd dev-db/hsqldb net-analyzer/netselect app-admin/fam dev-util/cvs dev-java/velocity sys-apps/textutils app-crypt/johntheripper media-plugins/xmms-wav app-cdr/k3b x11-libs/libxklavier app-office/gnucash net-firewall/shorewall media-video/transcode dev-java/sun-jdk media-gfx/imagemagick dev-util/eclipse-sdk xfce-extra/xfce4-netload media-video/ogle-gui media-plugins/xmms-blursk app-misc/screen app-arch/cabextract
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 78408 ***
