Did an overnight 'emerge --update --deep --newuse world' Most output scrolled off the terminal buffer so I can't see what modified xkbcomp. At the end of the emerge, the normal config file conflict warnings were displayed: * Processed 139 info files. * IMPORTANT: 56 config files in /etc need updating. * IMPORTANT: 1 config files in /usr/lib/X11/xkb need updating. The one in /usr turns out to be a binary executable (ELF) file (xkbcomp). This obviously confused etc-update, which stated differences, but couldn't display them. Because I don't believe a binary file should be treated as a config file, I don't really see the etc-update behavior as a problem (perhaps a symptom). What I believe is a bug is that the executable was treated as a config file at all. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge --update --deep --newuse world 2. 3. (Sorry, I don't know how to determine or document what ebuilds or versions were affected by that). Actual Results: A binary file was treated as a config file. Expected Results: 1) Automatically chosen the best version of xkbcomp to install, based on any dependencies, system data, etc. available to the configuration process. If user choices must be made (who knows - as a user, I can't read the binaries). 2) A use variable could control the decision. 3) A configuration file could control program behavior. It us probably irrelevant, but I type in the dvorak layout (I never explicitly used xkbcomp as part of setting that up - I just changed the KEYMAP in /etc/rc.conf). My emerge --info: Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.13-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.13-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i386-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe" CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 crypt cups doc eds emboss encode esd exif expat fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif glut gnome gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hardened imlib ipv6 jpeg lcms libg++ libwww mad mikmod mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl spell ssl tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Looks like a dupe to me. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17268 ***
