Currently installed: gcc:11 gcc:12 gcc:13 About to install: gcc:14 Output of 'emerge -pcv sys-devel/gcc:11': Calculating dependencies... done! sys-devel/gcc-11.5.0 pulled in by: @system requires sys-devel/gcc app-crypt/libb2-0.98.1-r2 requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.2:*[openmp] app-portage/portage-utils-0.97 requires sys-devel/gcc:*[openmp] dev-lang/rust-1.81.0-r100 requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.7 dev-lang/rust-1.83.0-r1 requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.7 llvm-core/clang-common-18.1.8-r3 requires sys-devel/gcc sys-libs/glibc-2.40-r5 requires >=sys-devel/gcc-6.2 virtual/fortran-0 requires sys-devel/gcc[fortran,openmp] >>> No packages selected for removal by depclean Packages installed: 1377 Packages in world: 156 Packages in system: 49 Required packages: 1377 Number to remove: 0 That's silly. Will be doing 'emerge -C' in a few seconds, but thought you'd like to know.
There's certainly something more going on, given I've been able to depclean older gccs all the time (as have many users recently).