python-updater complains: ... * "/usr/local/portage/dev-python/pygsl/pygsl-0.9.4.ebuild": * Deprecation Warning: Usage of distutils.eclass in packages not supporting installation * for multiple Python ABIs in EAPI <=2 is deprecated and will be banned on 2011-06-01. * The ebuild needs to be fixed. Please report a bug, if it has not been already reported. pygsl-0.9.5 is installed: rose@lynx:/home/rose(2)$ emerge -pvD pygsl These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] dev-python/pygsl-0.9.5 USE="examples" 0 kB Why is pygsl-0.9.4.ebuild not removed by 'emerge --sync', 'emerge -uvDN world' or 'emerge --depclean'? Reproducible: Always
"/usr/local/portage/dev-python/pygsl/pygsl-0.9.4.ebuild" ^^ That is an overlay, specifically /usr/local, and emerge --sync will not touch local files that you placed there.
*** Bug 365823 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Thanks Jeremy, removal of /usr/local/portage/dev-python/pygsl solved the issue.