gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.24.1 does not depends on sys-apps/apmd Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -C apmd 2. USE="acpi apm doc gstreamer hal" emerge --nodeps =gnome-applets-2.24.1 Actual Results: builds successfully
It's a run-time dependency. APM support doesn't work without it.