I was doing a round of package cleaning and noticed something odd: upstairs root # qpkg -q -I kdebase kde-base/kdebase-3.1.2 * DEPENDED ON BY: app-cdr/k3b-0.9 x11-libs/qt-3.1.2-r4 upstairs root # qpkg -q -I qt x11-libs/qt-3.1.2-r4 * DEPENDED ON BY: app-cdr/arson-0.9.7-r3 app-cdr/k3b-0.9 kde-base/arts-1.1.3 kde-base/kdebase-3.1.2 media-video/avifile-0.7.38.20030710 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. qpkg -q -I qt 2. qpkg -q -I kdebase 3. stare confused at the screen :) Portage 2.0.49_pre18 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.6.0-test3-bk8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test3-bk8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ libwww mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib png slang spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml alsa gdbm berkdb readline bonobo svga ggi tcltk java guile X sdl gpm pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk opengl mozilla cdr dga dvd ethereal imap moznocompose samba snmp xml -mad -mikmod -nls -quicktime -arts -tcpd -gnome -qt -kde -motif" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -m3dnow" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -m3dnow" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
i think that is a bug in qpkg, cause qt does not require kde, but it has some !kde in it's deps
this tool is deprecated