It looks like mkfontdir tool was moved from (removed) package x11-apps/mkfontdir to x11-apps/mkfontscale. But a lot of existing packages still thing they depend on x11-apps/mkfontdir: # emerge -pv --depclean x11-apps/mkfontdir x11-apps/mkfontdir-1.2.0 pulled in by: media-fonts/corefonts-1-r7 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/dejavu-2.37 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/developer-font-1.6-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.4-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.4-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.4-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-arabic-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bh-100dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bh-type1-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.2-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-bitstream-type1-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-cursor-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-dec-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-ibm-type1-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-isas-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-jis-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-micro-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-misc-meltho-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-mutt-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-schumacher-misc-1.1.2-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.4-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-sony-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-sun-misc-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-r1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/steamfonts-1 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir media-fonts/urw-fonts-2.4.9 requires x11-apps/mkfontdir >>> No packages selected for removal by depclean If I try to just remove it then `emerge -uDN world` became broken - it report a couple of mentioned above dependent packages, e.g: # emerge -uDNa world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "x11-apps/mkfontdir". (dependency required by "media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-r1::gentoo" [installed]) (dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r3::gentoo" [installed]) (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) Next I rebuild them: # emerge -1av media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic x11-base/xorg-x11 Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-r1::gentoo USE="X nls" 0 KiB [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r3::gentoo USE="fonts" 0 KiB but after (successful) rebuild `emerge -uDNa world` still shows the same - sometimes some of listed packages change, but often I see same package (like x11-base/xorg-x11) again and again.
Re-emerge any packages on your system that depend on it. Nothing in gentoo.git has depended on for the last year. Try > emerge -uDNa --with-bdeps=y world
Sorry, but this doesn't work: # emerge -uDNa --with-bdeps=y world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency conflict: dev-python/pygments:0 (dev-python/pygments-2.6.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) USE="-doc -test" ABI_X86="(64)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_6 python3_7 (-pypy3) (-python3_8) (-python3_9)" conflicts with dev-python/pygments[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),python_targets_python3_7(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_8(-)] required by (dev-python/docutils-0.16:0/0::gentoo, installed) USE="" ABI_X86="(64)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_6 python3_7 (-pypy3) (-python3_8)" Nothing to merge; quitting. # emerge -C x11-apps/mkfontdir * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, use * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies before * removing packages. x11-apps/mkfontdir selected: 1.2.0 protected: none omitted: none All selected packages: =x11-apps/mkfontdir-1.2.0 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging (1 of 1) x11-apps/mkfontdir-1.2.0... * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. # emerge -uDNa --with-bdeps=y world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "x11-apps/mkfontdir". (dependency required by "media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-r1::gentoo" [installed]) (dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r3::gentoo" [installed]) (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) #
Try with --changed-deps --with-bdeps=y. Also, please don't reopen bugs like this. This is not a support forum.
