either someones gotten a bit enthusiastic with caching or my eyes are getting worse. I had directfb set, emerged the latest portage with all its caching, then removed directfb and tried emerging qt, but qt still thinks I want directfb. tundra portage # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r5 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r8, 2.4.21) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.21 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/ share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/cvs/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://203.16.234.20/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 -3dfx -3dnow -aalib -acl -afs apm arts -atlas avi berkdb -bonobo - canna cdr -cjk crypt dga -doc dvd encode -esd -evo flash -freewnn -gb gd gdbm -ggi gif -gnome -gphoto2 -gtk -gtk2 -gtkhtml guile -icc icc-pgo imap imlib innodb -ipv6 java jikes jpeg kde lcms libg++ -libgda libwww -matrox maildir mbox mikmod mmx -mozilla mpeg mule mysql -nas ncurses nls nocardbus -oci8 oggvorbis opengl -oss pam -pcmcia pdflib perl plotutils png -pnp postgres python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sasl -scanner sdl slang slp snmp socks5 spell sse ssl -static - svga -tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype -trusted -voodoo3 -wavelan wmf X -xface xml xml2 -xmms xv -zeo zlib -junit acpi -apache2 -gps -alpha -ev6 motif -ethereal - mips -hppa -arm -dvb -lirc mpi -Xaw3d -selinux -kerberos curl -debug -emacs - firebird -freetds ladcca xinerama -informix memlimit ldap -jack -alsa -krb4 prelude fbcon dedicated -gpm foomaticdb joystick mad ppds -bindist -wxwindows cscope -nocd videos -gstreamer xosd fastcgi -dvdr -emacs-w3 -directfb -cups odbc" tundra portage # emerge -p qt These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] dev-db/unixODBC-2.2.2 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/DirectFB-0.9.19-r1 [ebuild N ] x11-base/xdirectfb-1.0_rc5 [ebuild R ] x11-libs/qt-5 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
because you have xdirectfb merged -- check your /var/cache/edb/virtuals file
Then emerge -C didnt do the right thing and remove the entry from that file. Its still a bug. tundra portage # emerge -s xdirectfb Searching... [ Results for search key : xdirectfb ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * x11-base/xdirectfb Latest version available: 1.0_rc5 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 66,044 kB Homepage: http://www.directfb.org Description: XDirectFB is a rootless XServer on top of DirectFB tundra portage # cat /var/cache/edb/virtuals virtual/blackbox x11-wm/blackbox virtual/xft x11-base/xfree sys-apps/console-tools sys-apps/kbd virtual/glu x11-base/xfree virtual/inetd sys-apps/xinetd virtual/pppd net-dialup/ppp virtual/x11 x11-base/xdirectfb x11-base/xfree virtual/jdk dev-java/sun-j2sdk virtual/java-scheme dev-java/sun-j2sdk virtual/python dev-lang/python virtual/kernel sys-kernel/linux-headers virtual/krb5 app-crypt/mit-krb5 virtual/modutils sys-apps/modutils virtual/motif x11-libs/lesstif x11-libs/openmotif virtual/opengl x11-base/xfree virtual/jre dev-java/sun-j2sdk virtual/editor app-editors/vim virtual/textbrowser net-www/lynx virtual/lpr net-print/lprng virtual/quicktime media-libs/libquicktime virtual/logger app-admin/metalog virtual/glut media-libs/glut virtual/mta net-mail/ssmtp tundra portage # emerge -C xdirectfb !!! Couldn't find match for xdirectfb >>> unmerge: No packages selected for removal.