paludis -pi vlc These packages will be installed: * media-libs/faad2-2.0-r13 {:0} [U 2.0-r11] * media-libs/libsndfile-1.0.17 {:0} [U 1.0.11] alsa% flac% -sqlite% * x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.19 {:0} [U 0.18-r1] * media-libs/speex-1.1.12 {:0} [U 1.1.7] ogg sse* -vorbis-psy% * dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.72 {:0} [N] -debug doc (-selinux) * sys-fs/udev-104-r11 {:0} [U 103] (-selinux) * sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r9 {:0} [U 1.10-r5] python * sys-apps/eject-2.1.5-r1 {:0} [U 2.1.5] nls * app-text/sgml-common-0.6.3-r4 {:0} [N] * app-text/docbook-dsssl-stylesheets-1.79 {:0} [N] * app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.1.2-r6 {:4.1.2} [S] * app-text/opensp-1.5.2-r1 {:0} [N] doc nls * app-text/openjade-1.3.2-r1 {:0} [N] * dev-perl/SGMLSpm-1.03-r5 {:0} [N] * app-text/docbook-xml-simple-dtd-4.1.2.4-r2 {:0} [N] * app-text/docbook-xml-simple-dtd-1.0-r1 {:1.0} [N] * app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd-3.0-r3 {:3.0} [N] * app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd-3.1-r3 {:3.1} [N] * app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.0-r3 {:4.0} [N] * app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.1-r3 {:4.1} [N] * www-client/lynx-2.8.6-r1 {:0} [N] -bzip2 -cjk ipv6 nls ssl unicode * app-text/docbook-sgml-utils-0.6.14 {:0} [N] -tetex * sys-apps/findutils-4.3.2-r1 {:0} [U 4.3.2] nls (-selinux) -static * sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r5 {:2.6.19-r5} [S] -build -symlink * sys-apps/hal-0.5.7.1-r3 {:0} [U 0.5.7-r3] -acpi crypt -debug -dmi doc* -pcmcia (-selinux) * x11-misc/notification-daemon-0.3.6-r1 {:0} [U 0.3.5] -debug * media-video/vlc-0.8.6-r1 {:0} [R] -3dfx X a52 -aalib alsa (-altivec) -arts -avahi -bidi cdda cddb -corba -daap -debug -directfb dts -dvb dvd -esd -fbcon flac -ggi -gnutls hal httpd -libcaca libnotify -lirc -live matroska -mod mp3 mpeg musepack% ncurses nsplugin ogg opengl -optimisememory -oss png rtsp samba sdl -sdl-image% -seamonkey -shout skins speex stream svg -svga theora truetype -upnp -v4l vcd vlm vorbis -win32codecs wxwindows -xinerama xml -xosd xv emerge -av vlc [ebuild R ] media-video/vlc-0.8.6-r1 USE="X a52 alsa cdda cddb dts dvd flac hal httpd libnotify matroska mp3 mpeg musepack%* ncurses nsplugin ogg opengl png rtsp samba sdl skins speex stream svg theora truetype vcd vlm vorbis wxwindows xml xv -3dfx -aalib (-altivec) -arts -avahi -bidi -corba -daap -debug -directfb -dvb -esd -fbcon -ggi -gnutls -libcaca -lirc -live -mod -optimisememory -oss -sdl-image% -seamonkey -shout -svga -upnp -v4l -win32codecs -xinerama -xosd" 11 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 11 kB why? Reproducible: Always
# emerge --info Portage 2.1.2-r9 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.19-gentoo-r1_sempron_2500 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r1_sempron_2500 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) 2500+ Gentoo Base System release 1.13.0_alpha12 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:00:02 +0000 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/overlay" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex 7zip X a52 aac acl adns alsa amr apache2 asf berkdb bitmap-fonts bl blender-game cairo cdda cddb cdr chardet clearcase cli contrarius cracklib cran crypt css cups cvs dbus dga divx dlloader doc dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread editor eds effects emboss enca encode examples exif expat fam fat ffmpeg firefox flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gimpprint glsa gmedia gpm gstreamer gtk hal hfs httpd iconv inkjar inquisitio ipv6 isdnlog jfs jpeg jpeg2k kde kerberos kqemu lcms ldap libg++ libnotify lzo mad matroska midi mikmod mmx mmxext mng mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi musepack ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs ogg openal openexr opengl pam pcre perforce perl php plugin png ppds pppd python qa qt3 qt4 quicktime quotas readline realmedia reflection reiser4 reiserfs rt2500pci rtc rtsp samba sdl session skins sox speex spell spl srteam sse ssl stream subversion svg swat tcpd tga theora tiff timidity tordns truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd vidx vlm vorbis wma wmf wmp wxwindows x264 x86 xanim xfs xml xorg xprint xv xvid xvmc yv12 zlib zsh" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
# paludis --version paludis 0.18.1 Built by root@sempron on 2007-02-13T19:28:37+0100 CXX: i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r3) CXXFLAGS: -O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe LDFLAGS: DATADIR: /usr/share LIBDIR: /usr/lib LIBEXECDIR: /usr/libexec SYSCONFDIR: /etc stdlib: GNU libstdc++ 20060524 libebt: 1.3.0 libwrapiter: 1.0.0 sandbox: enabled Paludis comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Paludis is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
No wonder. It's different tools. Please read some docs before you post silly bugs... http://www.paludis.org would be a start.