Even though links-2.1_pre15 has USE-flags set to "-gpm" as a default, it still wants gpm as a dependency. Manually setting USE to "-gpm" doesn't work either. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. USE="-gpm" emerge -pv links 2. 3. Actual Results: Portage still wanted to install gpm with links. Expected Results: no gpm, only links
yes, and this is fixed in pre17, please try that instead.