These static libs are installed unconditionally: /usr/lib64/libbrotlicommon-static.a /usr/lib64/libbrotlidec-static.a /usr/lib64/libbrotlienc-static.a They should only be installed with USE=static-libs enabled, per QA policy.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6819e0f6f299cde6cc6bcf2cc1d84101abe80c67 commit 6819e0f6f299cde6cc6bcf2cc1d84101abe80c67 Author: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-04-28 21:37:22 +0000 Commit: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-04-28 21:37:42 +0000 app-arch/brotli: add USE="static-libs" Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/786558 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.18, Repoman-3.0.3 Signed-off-by: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> app-arch/brotli/brotli-1.0.9-r2.ebuild | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ app-arch/brotli/brotli-9999.ebuild | 5 +- 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)