For example, see bug 558856 comment 0: > vdb entries did not get adjusted for packages using subslot deps. For > example: > > /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mariadb-10.0.21/RDEPEND:>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0:0/ > 0=[abi_x86_64(-)] sys-process/procps:0/0= dev-libs/libaio:0/0= > >=sys-apps/sed-4 >=sys-apps/texinfo-4.7-r1 > !dev-db/mariadb-native-client[mysqlcompat] > >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0:0/0=[abi_x86_64(-)] > >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.3:0/0=[abi_x86_64(-)] > sys-libs/ncurses:5/5=[abi_x86_64(-)] > >=sys-libs/readline-4.1:0/0=[abi_x86_64(-)] !dev-db/mytop > >=dev-libs/libpcre-8.35:3/3= !dev-db/mysql !dev-db/mariadb-galera > !dev-db/percona-server !dev-db/mysql-cluster dev-db/mysql-init-scripts > virtual/perl-Getopt-Long dev-perl/TermReadKey virtual/perl-Term-ANSIColor > virtual/perl-Time-HiRes > > This is wreaking havoc on users' systems when they go to update. Autounmask > suggests allowing unstable on ncurses-5.9-r101, but not on 6.0, the dep tree > explodes. I'm sure I and others will have more details to add but I wanted > to get this bug open finally. Been seeing problems in #gentoo all day. > > Right now were are suggesting users force-rebuild all packages with a dep > like sys-devel/ncurses:5 recorded in /var/db/pkg/*/*/RDEPEND, other options > like a forced sed on /var/db/pkg seem a bit scary.
