gzip is executed at build-time, so it should be in BDEPEND. It doesn't make sense in DEPEND, since it doesn't install any headers or libraries.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=ef40576ed03bb563107d2a9039aff3885d9f117e commit ef40576ed03bb563107d2a9039aff3885d9f117e Author: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-07-08 09:17:44 +0000 Commit: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-07-08 09:17:55 +0000 sys-apps/cpuid: drop old version Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/801133 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.20, Repoman-3.0.3 Signed-off-by: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> sys-apps/cpuid/cpuid-20201006.ebuild | 33 --------------------------------- 1 file changed, 33 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=85999cc21ac3d6cc4266ba0c12094dcc4b9dbabd commit 85999cc21ac3d6cc4266ba0c12094dcc4b9dbabd Author: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-07-08 09:16:27 +0000 Commit: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-07-08 09:17:54 +0000 sys-apps/cpuid: move app-arch/gzip to BDEPEND Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/801133 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.20, Repoman-3.0.3 Signed-off-by: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> sys-apps/cpuid/cpuid-20201006-r1.ebuild | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)