This is fixed in git: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=dd8c0e06ab97797860023bc88b6f66bd19a2a3a5
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e061643921e79fc175e6e4671fbb9bddd99f5e78 commit e061643921e79fc175e6e4671fbb9bddd99f5e78 Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-03-28 16:00:51 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-03-28 16:11:42 +0000 sys-apps/portage: version bump to 2.3.26 #651826 - STRIP_MASK not working, regression Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/651826 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.25, Repoman-2.3.7 sys-apps/portage/Manifest | 2 +- sys-apps/portage/{portage-2.3.25.ebuild => portage-2.3.26.ebuild} | 0 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)