$ grep swfdec ../../profiles/package.mask gnome-extra/swfdec-gnome media-libs/swfdec www-plugins/swfdec-mozilla RepoMan scours the neighborhood... dependency.bad 224 dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: DEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: DEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: DEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/gnome) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/gnome) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: DEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/gnome/systemd) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/gnome/systemd) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: DEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: DEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd) ['media-libs/swfdec'] dev-libs/DirectFB/DirectFB-1.7.1.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~alpha(default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd) ['media-libs/swfdec']
Really was due this change: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask?r1=1.16103&r2=1.16104
+ 19 Oct 2014; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> base/package.use.mask: + swfdec is masked for removal, bug #525834 +