I have set the minizip USE flag for zlib in /etc/portage/packages.use: root@raspberry2ibmt:/root(7)# cat /etc/portage/packages.use sys-libs/zlib minizip =sys-fs/udev-200 gudev >=virtual/udev-197-r3 gudev But 'emerge -pv1 zlib' seems to ignore it: root@raspberry2ibmt:/root(8)# emerge -pv1 zlib These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-libs/zlib-1.2.7 USE="-minizip -static-libs" 0 kB The same happens with the gudev USE flag in /etc/portage/packages.use, if I try to emerge gvim: [ebuild N ] app-editors/gvim-7.3.409 USE="acl gnome gpm gtk nls python (-aqua) -cscope -debug -motif -neXt -netbeans -perl -ruby" 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20120109 USE="-ignore-glep31" 20 kB [ebuild R ] sys-fs/udev-200 USE="acl firmware-loader gudev* kmod openrc -doc -hwdb -introspection -keymap (-selinux) -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild R ] virtual/udev-197-r3 USE="gudev* kmod -hwdb -introspection -keymap (-selinux) -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3-r1 USE="http udev -afp -archive -avahi (-bluetooth) (-bluray) -cdda -doc (-fuse) -gdu -gnome-keyring (-gphoto2) (-ios) -samba (-udisks)" 1,332 kB The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3-r1[udev] # required by gnome-base/libgnome-2.32.1-r1 # required by gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.5 # required by app-editors/gvim-7.3.409[gtk,gnome] # required by app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20120109 # required by app-editors/vim-core-7.3.409[-livecd] >=virtual/udev-197-r3 gudev # required by virtual/udev-197-r3 # required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3-r1[udev] # required by gnome-base/libgnome-2.32.1-r1 # required by gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.5 # required by app-editors/gvim-7.3.409[gtk,gnome] # required by app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20120109 # required by app-editors/vim-core-7.3.409[-livecd] =sys-fs/udev-200 gudev root@raspberry2ibmt:/root(11)# emerge -pvD1 sys-fs/udev virtual/udev These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-fs/udev-200 USE="acl firmware-loader kmod openrc -doc -gudev -hwdb -introspection -keymap (-selinux) -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild R ] virtual/udev-197-r3 USE="kmod -gudev -hwdb -introspection -keymap (-selinux) -static-libs" 0 kB Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB Furthermore it seems me that the settings in /etc/portage/packages.keywords are ignored as well, see Bug 466712 or: root@raspberry2ibmt:/root(12)# cat /etc/portage/packages.keywords app-editors/jed ~* * =media-libs/raspberrypi-userland-0_pre20130131 ~arm =media-video/vlc-2.0.6 ~arm =media-video/guvcview-1.6.1 ** root@raspberry2ibmt:/root(13)# emerge -pvD guvcview | grep -U2 guvcview [ebuild N ] media-libs/libsdl-1.2.15-r2 USE="X audio joystick video -aalib -alsa -custom-cflags -dga -directfb -fbcon (-ggi) -libcaca -nas -opengl -oss (-ps3) -pulseaudio -static-libs (-svga) -tslib -xinerama -xv" 3,829 kB [ebuild NS ] x11-libs/gtk+-3.4.4:3 [2.24.16:2] USE="X introspection (-aqua) -colord -cups -debug -examples (-packagekit) {-test} -vim-syntax (-wayland) -xinerama" 12,554 kB [ebuild N *] media-video/guvcview-1.6.1 USE="-pulseaudio" 469 kB Total: 8 packages (7 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 24,822 kB The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed: (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by guvcview (argument) =media-video/guvcview-1.6.1 ** Reproducible: Always root@raspberry2ibmt:/root(14)# emerge --info Portage 2.1.11.55 (default/linux/arm/13.0/armv6j, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.6.11+ armv6l) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.6.11+-armv6l-ARMv6-compatible_processor_rev_7_-v6l-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 448776 total, 117248 free KiB Swap: 2337784 total, 2332392 free Timestamp of tree: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:30:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r3, 3.2.3-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.7 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv6j -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard" CHOST="armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv6j -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv6j" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv6j" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl arm berkdb bindist bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dbus dri fortran gconf gdbm gif gnome gnutls gpm gtk iconv imagemagick ipv6 jpeg kerberos libxml2 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre png python readline session sound ssl svg tcpd tiff unicode xft zlib" 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="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd 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 cgi cgid 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" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="exynos fbdev omap omapfb dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
the correct file is package.use, you wrote packages.use (delete the 's')
Thanks, Agostino. That was the reason. After renaming /etc/portage/packages.use to /etc/portage/package.use and /etc/portage/packages.keywords to /etc/portage/package.keywords the issue disappeared. Sorry for the trouble.
