tl;dr: """ $ cat profiles/eapi 8 $ pkgcheck scan --checks=ProfilesCheck --exit error,warning; echo $? 0 $ rg profile metadata/layout.conf 6:profile-formats = portage-2 profile-default-eapi 8:profile_eapi_when_unspecified = 8 $ rm -f profiles/eapi $ pkgcheck scan --checks=ProfilesCheck profiles ProfileError: 'package.unmask', line 1: parsing error: invalid package atom: '>=foo-bar/baz-0.0.1:0': slot dependencies aren't allowed in EAPI 0 """ I've no strong feelings on getting this added to pkgcore, I just saw it and wondered if it would work and it didn't. The profiles/eapi file seems to do exactly the same thing with less typing, and nothing in the overlay QA reports is trying to use it. Maybe removing it from portage is the better move? pkgcheck could point people to the better option in the meantime. I also double-checked in portage's own code about that hyphen/underscore inconsistency in case I'd typed it wrong or misread the manpage. The origin is bug 532670 if anyone's curious.
