Portage creates weird markers if PV can be found in other parts of the package string, apart from the actual PV: (dev-libs/nettle-3.1.1:0/6::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts with <dev-libs/nettle-3[gmp,abi_x86_32(-),abi_x86_64(-)] required by (net-libs/gnutls-3.3.15:0/0::gentoo, installed) ^ ^ Here, Portage marked abi_x86_<3>2 as the version. Instead it should simply mark it at strlen("${CATEGORY}/${PN}-"). Reproducible: Always