Because if youtube-dl is installed - this is useless message.
It'd make sense to convert to optfeature.eclass which already checks this.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4bfb3c2fa12bc6f26cf20d6c22bc9a9fbac75caf commit 4bfb3c2fa12bc6f26cf20d6c22bc9a9fbac75caf Author: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-03-27 14:35:01 +0000 Commit: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-03-27 14:35:21 +0000 media-video/mpv: use optfeature fpr youtube-dl Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/767463 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.13, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org> media-video/mpv/mpv-0.33.0-r100.ebuild | 4 ++-- media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)