I installed cfg-updated (added it to package.keywords) on Box A, the dependencies were: [ebuild N ] dev-util/tmake-1.8-r1 46 kB [ebuild N ] dev-util/xxdiff-3.0.2-r1 +kde 1,039 kB [ebuild N ] kde-misc/kdiff3-0.9.88 -arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama 1,574 kB [ebuild N ] app-portage/cfg-update-1.7.1 -gnome +kde 20 kB when i installed it on box B (-gnome, +kde as well), only kdiff was pulled as dependency. i assumed xxdiff was already installed, but it wasn't, which resulted in complaints from cfg-update: # cfg-update -u /usr/bin/xxdiff not found - let's try /usr/bin/meld... /usr/bin/meld not found - let's try /usr/bin/gtkdiff... I went back to box A and did emerge -aC tmake xxdiff kdiff3 cfg-update When i tried emerge -avt cfg-update it only showed 2 deps as well: [ebuild N ] app-portage/cfg-update-1.7.1 -gnome +kde 20 kB [ebuild N ] kde-misc/kdiff3-0.9.88 -arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama 1,574 kB The same system had installed 4 packages just before. I know this sounds really weird, so here's box C. USE="-gnome kde" emerge -av app-portage/cfg-update [ebuild N ] kde-misc/kdiff3-0.9.88 -arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama 1,574 kB [ebuild N ] app-portage/cfg-update-1.7.1 -gnome +kde 20 kB xxdiff is not installed here and not pulled as dependency. Let's take a look at box D (which is a server and usually has -X -kde -gnome, hence the lot of deps): USE="-gnome kde" emerge -pvt cfg-update [ebuild N ] app-portage/cfg-update-1.7.1 -gnome +kde 20 kB [ebuild N ] x11-misc/sux-1.0-r2 9 kB [ebuild N ] kde-misc/kdiff3-0.9.88 -arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama 1,574 kB [ebuild N ] dev-util/xxdiff-3.0.2-r1 +kde 1,039 kB [ebuild N ] dev-util/tmake-1.8-r1 46 kB [ebuild N ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 +alsa -arts -cups -debug -doc -jpeg2k -kdeenablefinal -kerberos -openexr +spell +ssl -tiff -xinerama -zeroconf 16,458 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17 -debug 282 kB [ebuild N ] kde-base/kde-env-3-r3 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.14-r2 +crypt -debug +python -static 1,776 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.2.1 +nls 938 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.0-r1 +nls 316 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4 +gpm 992 kB [ebuild N ] app-admin/fam-2.7.0-r2 294 kB [ebuild N ] net-nds/portmap-5b-r9 (-selinux) +tcpd 18 kB [ebuild N ] net-dns/libidn-0.5.15 -doc +emacs -java +nls 1,925 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r8 -X -cjk -cups +emacs -gtk 5,273 kB [ebuild N ] media-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-std-8.11 3,664 kB [ebuild N ] x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r3 -cups -debug -doc -examples -firebird -gif -immqt -immqt-bc +ipv6 -mysql -nas -odbc -opengl -postgres -sqlite -xinerama +zlib 14,101 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libmng-1.0.8-r1 497 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/lcms-1.13-r1 -jpeg +python -tiff +zlib 572 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/jpeg-6b-r4 598 kB [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-200-r3 -Xaw3d -toolbar -truetype -unicode 681 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.6 20 kB [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r2 -3dfx +3dnow +bitmap-fonts -cjk -debug -dlloader -dmx -doc -font-server -insecure-drivers +ipv6 -minimal +mmx +nls -nocxx -opengl +pam -sdk -sse -static +truetype-fonts +type1-fonts (-uclibc) -xprint -xv 45,108 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 732 kB [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 19 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 -bindist -doc +zlib 969 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.8 -doc 375 kB Tbh, i have no idea what's going on here. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge info from box A: Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 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=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /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/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig candy distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.0.75/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib alsa apm atm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl divx4linux dvd eds emacs emboss encode esd ethereal fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline real ruby samba sdl slang smtp spell sse sse2 ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xinetd xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Just found out it was intended behaviour as the ebuild was changed to not pull xxdiff if kdiff is installed. The different dependencies happened because box A was synced after the first merge. Setting invalid as the ebuild does what it should.
