vim-plugin.eclass[1] runs display_vim_plugin_help() in pkg_postinst(). vim-plugin_pkg_postinst() { update_vim_helptags # from vim-doc update_vim_afterscripts # see below display_vim_plugin_help # see below } The body of this function is inside a condition that will never be satisfied: if ! has_version ${CATEGORY}/${PN} ; then if [[ -n "${VIM_PLUGIN_HELPFILES}" ]] ; then ... `has_version ${CATEGORY}/${PN}` will always be true in pkg_postinst(). I suggest running display_vim_plugin_help() in pkg_preinst() in stead. Other options are to remove the condition and always print the information, or checking the contents of REPLACING_VERSIONS. AFICT this check has never actually worked correctly[2]. Prior to that change, messages were always printed. 1: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/eclass/vim-plugin.eclass 2: https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/eclass/vim-plugin.eclass?r1=1.29&r2=1.30
Fixed in this commit: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/eclass/vim-plugin.eclass?id=d2194b951c8a8fbdce77ccafae4356d44c2a29c7 Thanks to CyberTailor for pointing it out.
