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Bug 262890 - emerge depclean mysterious outputs
Summary: emerge depclean mysterious outputs
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Reported: 2009-03-18 10:06 UTC by Kevin Yeates
Modified: 2009-03-19 01:58 UTC (History)
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Description Kevin Yeates 2009-03-18 10:06:16 UTC 
my distro is Gentoo 2008, when I use the emerge --depclean command, it gives very strange outputs, every single package that I've installed in my system would send a "is pulled by" message, even after I uninstalled KDE, xorg-server and any other third-party softs and emerge -e system once again, it still appeared:
 * Depclean may break link level dependencies.  Thus, it is
 * recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` (from
 * app-portage/gentoolkit) in order to detect such breakage.
 * 
 * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious
 * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always
 * be kept.  They can be manually added to this set with
 * `emerge --noreplace <atom>`.  Packages that are listed in
 * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
 * depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
 * 
 * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages
 * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved.  As a
 * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update
 * --newuse --deep world` prior to depclean.

Calculating dependencies  ... done!
  app-admin/eselect-1.0.11-r1 pulled in by:
    app-admin/eselect-news-20080320

  app-admin/eselect-news-20080320 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9

  app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.05 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5

  app-admin/python-updater-0.6-r1 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2

  app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5-r1 pulled in by:
    app-portage/eix-0.15.4
    system
    world

  app-arch/cpio-2.9-r3 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  app-arch/gzip-1.3.12-r1 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7 pulled in by:
    app-portage/eix-0.15.4
    dev-libs/mpfr-2.4.1_p1
    sys-apps/coreutils-7.1
    sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20071202044231-r1
    sys-apps/sandbox-1.6
    sys-apps/texinfo-4.13
    sys-devel/libtool-2.2.6a
    sys-devel/m4-1.4.12
    sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.28-r1
    sys-libs/gpm-1.20.6

  app-arch/tar-1.22 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  app-editors/nano-2.1.9 pulled in by:
    virtual/editor-0

  app-i18n/man-pages-zh_CN-1.5 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/man-pages-3.19

  app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809 pulled in by:
    dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8j

  app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.19 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2

  app-portage/eix-0.15.4 pulled in by:
    world

  app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1 pulled in by:
    world

  app-shells/bash-4.0_p10-r1 pulled in by:
    app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.05
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    sys-libs/readline-6.0
    system
    world

  dev-db/sqlite-3.6.11 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2

  dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5 pulled in by:
    app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.05
    app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1
    dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8j
    dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05
    perl-core/PodParser-1.38
    perl-core/Test-Harness-3.16
    sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4
    sys-devel/autoconf-2.63
    sys-devel/automake-1.10.2
    sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2

  dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2 pulled in by:
    app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1
    dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.3
    sys-apps/file-5.00-r2
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.13

  dev-libs/expat-2.0.1-r1 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    sys-devel/gettext-0.17

  dev-libs/gmp-4.2.4 pulled in by:
    dev-libs/mpfr-2.4.1_p1
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1

  dev-libs/libpcre-7.8 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/grep-2.5.4

  dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.3 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/gettext-0.17

  dev-libs/mpfr-2.4.1_p1 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1

  dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8j pulled in by:
    app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    net-misc/wget-1.11.4

  dev-libs/popt-1.13 pulled in by:
    net-misc/rsync-3.0.5

  dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4

  dev-util/pkgconfig-0.23 pulled in by:
    dev-libs/libpcre-7.8
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1

  net-misc/axel-2.3-r1 pulled in by:
    world

  net-misc/iputils-20071127-r2 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  net-misc/rsync-3.0.5 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    system
    world

  net-misc/wget-1.11.4 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  perl-core/PodParser-1.38 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5

  perl-core/Test-Harness-3.16 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5

  sys-apps/acl-2.2.47 pulled in by:
    net-misc/rsync-3.0.5
    sys-apps/coreutils-7.1
    sys-devel/gettext-0.17

  sys-apps/attr-2.4.43 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/acl-2.2.47

  sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.6-r1
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1
    sys-fs/udev-140
    system
    world

  sys-apps/busybox-1.13.3 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-apps/coreutils-7.1 pulled in by:
    app-admin/eselect-1.0.11-r1
    app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809
    sys-apps/debianutils-2.31
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    system
    world

  sys-apps/debianutils-2.31 pulled in by:
    app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809
    app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1

  sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r2 pulled in by:
    dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8j
    system
    world

  sys-apps/file-5.00-r2 pulled in by:
    app-admin/eselect-1.0.11-r1
    system
    world

  sys-apps/findutils-4.5.4 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/binutils-config-1.9-r4
    system
    world

  sys-apps/gawk-3.1.6 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-apps/grep-2.5.4 pulled in by:
    app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1
    system
    world

  sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r1 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/man-1.6f-r3
    system
    world

  sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/automake-1.10.2
    sys-devel/libtool-2.2.6a

  sys-apps/kbd-1.15 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-apps/less-424 pulled in by:
    virtual/pager-0

  sys-apps/man-1.6f-r3 pulled in by:
    app-i18n/man-pages-zh_CN-1.5
    sys-apps/man-pages-3.19
    sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a
    system
    world

  sys-apps/man-pages-3.19 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r2
    system
    world

  sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a pulled in by:
    sys-apps/man-pages-3.19

  sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.6-r1 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20071202044231-r1 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0

  sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9 pulled in by:
    app-admin/python-updater-0.6-r1
    app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2-r1
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
    system
    world

  sys-apps/sandbox-1.6 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2

  sys-apps/sed-4.1.5-r1 pulled in by:
    app-admin/eselect-1.0.11-r1
    sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.6-r1
    sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.9
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2
    system
    world

  sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2 pulled in by:
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    system
    world

  sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r12 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1
    virtual/init-0

  sys-apps/tcp-wrappers-7.6-r8 pulled in by:
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1

  sys-apps/texinfo-4.13 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r1
    sys-devel/autoconf-2.63
    sys-devel/automake-1.10.2
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.4
    system
    world

  sys-apps/tuxonice-userui-0.7.3 pulled in by:
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2

  sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.2 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-apps/which-2.20 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-auth/pambase-20081028-r1 pulled in by:
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4

  sys-devel/autoconf-2.63 pulled in by:
    dev-db/sqlite-3.6.11
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/acl-2.2.47
    sys-apps/attr-2.4.43
    sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-devel/automake-1.10.2
    sys-devel/libtool-2.2.6a
    sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2-r1
    sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p3-r1
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4
    sys-libs/readline-6.0
    sys-process/psmisc-22.6
    system
    world

  sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper-6 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/autoconf-2.63

  sys-devel/automake-1.10.2 pulled in by:
    dev-db/sqlite-3.6.11
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/acl-2.2.47
    sys-apps/attr-2.4.43
    sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-devel/libtool-2.2.6a
    sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2-r1
    sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p3-r1
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4
    sys-libs/readline-6.0
    sys-process/psmisc-22.6
    system
    world

  sys-devel/automake-wrapper-3-r1 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/automake-1.10.2

  sys-devel/bc-1.06.95 pulled in by:
    sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.4

  sys-devel/binutils-2.19.1-r1 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2
    sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2-r1
    sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p3-r1
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
    system
    world

  sys-devel/binutils-config-1.9-r4 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/binutils-2.19.1-r1

  sys-devel/bison-2.4.1 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    system
    world

  sys-devel/flex-2.5.35 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/bc-1.06.95
    sys-devel/bison-2.4.1
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4
    system
    world

  sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1 pulled in by:
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
    system
    world

  sys-devel/gcc-config-1.4.1 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2

  sys-devel/gettext-0.17 pulled in by:
    app-arch/gzip-1.3.12-r1
    app-arch/tar-1.22
    app-editors/nano-2.1.9
    dev-libs/popt-1.13
    dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05
    net-misc/axel-2.3-r1
    net-misc/wget-1.11.4
    sys-apps/acl-2.2.47
    sys-apps/attr-2.4.43
    sys-apps/coreutils-7.1
    sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r2
    sys-apps/findutils-4.5.4
    sys-apps/gawk-3.1.6
    sys-apps/grep-2.5.4
    sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4
    sys-apps/kbd-1.15
    sys-apps/man-1.6f-r3
    sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20071202044231-r1
    sys-apps/sed-4.1.5-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-apps/texinfo-4.13
    sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.2
    sys-devel/binutils-2.19.1-r1
    sys-devel/bison-2.4.1
    sys-devel/flex-2.5.35
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-devel/make-3.81
    sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.4
    sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.4
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4
    sys-process/psmisc-22.6

  sys-devel/gnuconfig-20090203 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/automake-1.10.2
    sys-devel/binutils-2.19.1-r1
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-devel/libtool-2.2.6a
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
    system
    world

  sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5

  sys-devel/libtool-2.2.6a pulled in by:
    dev-db/sqlite-3.6.11
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/acl-2.2.47
    sys-apps/attr-2.4.43
    sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2-r1
    sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p3-r1
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4
    sys-libs/readline-6.0
    sys-process/psmisc-22.6
    system
    world

  sys-devel/m4-1.4.12 pulled in by:
    sys-devel/autoconf-2.63
    sys-devel/bison-2.4.1
    system
    world

  sys-devel/make-3.81 pulled in by:
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2
    system
    world

  sys-devel/patch-2.5.9-r1 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.4 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-fs/udev-140 pulled in by:
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2
    system
    world

  sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.28-r1 pulled in by:
    net-misc/iputils-20071127-r2
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1
    sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r12
    sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.2
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
    system
    world

  sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2 pulled in by:
    world

  sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.13 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4

  sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2-r1 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2

  sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p3-r1 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5
    sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2
    sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r4

  sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.4 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.2
    sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.4

  sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r4 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2

  sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.4
    system
    world

  sys-libs/gpm-1.20.6 pulled in by:
    sys-libs/ncurses-5.7

  sys-libs/ncurses-5.7 pulled in by:
    app-editors/nano-2.1.9
    app-shells/bash-4.0_p10-r1
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    sys-apps/coreutils-7.1
    sys-apps/less-424
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1
    sys-apps/texinfo-4.13
    sys-apps/util-linux-2.14.2
    sys-devel/bc-1.06.95
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-devel/gettext-0.17
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2
    sys-libs/gpm-1.20.6
    sys-libs/readline-6.0
    sys-process/procps-3.2.7
    sys-process/psmisc-22.6
    system
    world

  sys-libs/pam-1.0.4 pulled in by:
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/busybox-1.13.3
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-auth/pambase-20081028-r1

  sys-libs/readline-6.0 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.3
    sys-devel/bc-1.06.95
    system
    world

  sys-libs/timezone-data-2009c pulled in by:
    sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2

  sys-libs/zlib-1.2.3-r1 pulled in by:
    dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2
    dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.3
    dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8j
    net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r1
    sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.6-r1
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    system
    world

  sys-power/hibernate-script-1.99-r1 pulled in by:
    sys-kernel/thinkpad-sources-2.6.28-r2

  sys-process/procps-3.2.7 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  sys-process/psmisc-22.6 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  virtual/editor-0 pulled in by:
    system
    world

  virtual/init-0 pulled in by:
    sys-apps/openrc-0.4.3-r1

  virtual/libiconv-0 pulled in by:
    net-misc/rsync-3.0.5
    sys-devel/gcc-4.3.3-r1
    sys-devel/gettext-0.17

  virtual/libintl-0 pulled in by:
    dev-libs/popt-1.13
    net-misc/axel-2.3-r1
    sys-apps/findutils-4.5.4
    sys-apps/grep-2.5.4
    sys-apps/sed-4.1.5-r1
    sys-apps/shadow-4.1.2.2
    sys-apps/texinfo-4.13
    sys-devel/make-3.81
    sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.4
    sys-libs/pam-1.0.4

  virtual/pager-0 pulled in by:
    system
    world

>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean
Packages installed:   109
Packages in world:    4
Packages in system:   51
Required packages:    109
Number removed:       0


I dont know why, and cannot find any solute about it, some body could help me? thanks in advance.
Comment 1 Kevin Yeates 2009-03-18 10:07:35 UTC 
my emerge --info:
Portage 2.1.6.9 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.28-thinkpad-r2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.28-thinkpad-r2-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T7500_@_2.20GHz-with-glibc2.0
Timestamp of tree: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:45:02 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p10-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.5.4-r2
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc:     0.4.3-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.6
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.63
sys-devel/automake:  1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.19.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.28-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol"
APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias"
ARCH="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CLEAN_DELAY="5"
COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CVS_RSH="ssh"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EDITOR="/bin/vim"
ELIBC="glibc"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-av"
EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10"
FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/axel -a -o ${DISTDIR}/${FILE} ${URI}"
GCC_SPECS=""
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://61.135.158.199"
HOME="/root"
HUSHLOGIN="FALSE"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.19.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.3/info"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
KERNEL="linux"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LESS="-R -M --shift 5"
LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
LINGUAS="zh_CN"
LOGNAME="root"
LS_COLORS="rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:hl=44;37:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:"
MAIL="/var/mail/root"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.19.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.3/man"
NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml"
NOCOLOR="true"
OLDPWD="/"
PAGER="/usr/bin/less"
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc s390 amd64 x86 ppc64 x86-fbsd m68k arm sparc sh mips ia64 alpha hppa amd64-fbsd sparc-fbsd"
PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000"
PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib/portage/bin"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_DEBUG="0"
PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage@localhost"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save_summary echo"
PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5"
PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K"
PORTAGE_GID="250"
PORTAGE_INST_GID="0"
PORTAGE_INST_UID="0"
PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib/portage/pym"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1"
PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND"
PWD="/root"
RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/axel -a -o ${DISTDIR}/${FILE} ${URI}"
ROOT="/"
ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.3"
RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
SHLVL="1"
SYNC="rsync://61.135.158.199/gentoo-portage"
TERM="linux"
USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv isdnlog midi mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session spl ssl sysfs tcpd unicode x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="zh_CN" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
USER="root"
USERLAND="GNU"
USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS"
USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND"
USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
_="/usr/bin/emerge"
Comment 2 Gef 2009-03-18 12:08:38 UTC 
This is exact expected behavior when emerge is invoked with "--verbose" option. And that is definitely what your are doing, because your emerge --info shows :

EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-av"
Comment 3 Kevin Yeates 2009-03-19 01:58:29 UTC 
Oh I'm sorry I was so stupid to skim over the parameter description, thanks for your reply. It can be fixed now, sorry again.