When using --newuse, dependencies are never searched for changed use flags. For example, doy@ridley doy $ emerge -pvD --newuse world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! Total size of downloads: 0 kB ------------------------------ doy@ridley doy $ emerge -pve world | grep '*' [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.5-r1 -bindist +cjk* -debug +doc +zlib 0 kB *** Please update portage to the above version before proceeding. [ebuild N ] app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7 +X +cjk* +cups -debug -emacs 4,875 kB [ebuild N ] sys-libs/slang-1.4.9-r1 +cjk* +unicode 0 kB [ebuild N ] media-sound/xmms-1.2.10-r5 +3dnow* +alsa +cjk* -debug -directfb -esd -ipv6 +mikmod +mmx +nls +oggvorbis +opengl +oss +xml 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2_pre3 +cjk* -debug +doc -socks5 +tcltk -threads 194 kB Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Change a global use flag 2. emerge -pvD --newuse world 3. Actual Results: Packages in world file with changed use flags are listed, but deps with changed use flags are not Expected Results: With the -D flag, emerge should search dependencies for changed use flags doy@ridley doy $ emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -mcpu=i686 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ftracer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -mcpu=i686 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ftracer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex X aac aalib acpi aim alsa apache2 apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib cdr chroot cjk clisp crypt cscope cups dillo divx4linux doc droproot encode erandom f77 flac flash font-server foomaticdb fortran ftp gcj gdbm gif ginac gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imap imlib java javascript joystick jpeg lesstif libcaca libg++ libwww lua mad mikmod mmx mmx2 mng motif mozcalendar mozilla moznocompose moznoirc mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg msn ncurses nethack nls nntp no_wxgtk1 nptl nvidia offensive oggvorbis openal opengl oscar oss pam pdflib perl physfs pic plotutils png ppds python quicktime readline real rtc ruby samba sdl shared slang speex spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts unicode usb videos vim-with-x x86 xchattext xml xml2 xosd xv xvid yahoo zlib" doy@ridley doy $
# emerge -pvD --newuse world is almost the same as # emerge -pv --newuse world which is pretty much nothing. Use --deep with --update if you wish for it to do much of anything.
