It's based on grub-legacy that we don't have in Gentoo (https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/PvGrub) and got replaced by https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/PvGrub2. I don't really see a point in keeping it, haven't bumped for 4.14.2 (next stable candidate) nor 4.15.0.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=09bafeabe7379d549293c219ce709b7f2b3e6f73 commit 09bafeabe7379d549293c219ce709b7f2b3e6f73 Author: Tomáš Mózes <hydrapolic@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2021-06-08 12:09:38 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-06-11 12:52:29 +0000 package.mask: Last rite app-emulation/xen-pvgrub Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/790668 Signed-off-by: Tomáš Mózes <hydrapolic@gmail.com> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/21158 Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=811c4172ef4b7de19c1dd085d072b97b8804b3d9 commit 811c4172ef4b7de19c1dd085d072b97b8804b3d9 Author: Tomáš Mózes <hydrapolic@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2021-07-12 10:21:13 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-07-15 05:30:42 +0000 app-emulation/xen-pvgrub: drop last-rited package Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/790668 Signed-off-by: Tomáš Mózes <hydrapolic@gmail.com> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/21611 Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> app-emulation/xen-pvgrub/Manifest | 9 -- .../xen-pvgrub/files/newlib-implicits.patch | 149 -------------------- .../xen-pvgrub/files/xen-4.10-externals.patch | 74 ---------- .../xen-pvgrub/files/xen-pvgrub-4.8-jserver.patch | 13 -- app-emulation/xen-pvgrub/metadata.xml | 16 --- app-emulation/xen-pvgrub/xen-pvgrub-4.13.2.ebuild | 155 --------------------- app-emulation/xen-pvgrub/xen-pvgrub-4.13.3.ebuild | 155 --------------------- app-emulation/xen-pvgrub/xen-pvgrub-4.14.1.ebuild | 155 --------------------- profiles/package.mask | 6 - 9 files changed, 732 deletions(-)