I have added to /etc/make.conf USE="bindist". As a result, only Bonecho should be installed. I am using KDE and emerge -av mozilla-firefox gives: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ..... ... Exiting on signal 2 ... done! [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs-10.2 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-arch/zip-2.32 USE="-crypt" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/nspr-4.6.7 USE="ipv6 -debug" 0 kB [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xdpyinfo-1.0.2 USE="-debug -dga -dmx -xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.8 USE="-debug" 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-compat-1.0-r3 0 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/mozilla-launcher-1.56 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs-10.0 USE="opengl" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/nss-3.11.7 USE="-utils" 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-qtlibs-10.0 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-gtklibs-10.0-r1 USE="qt3" 0 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-2.0.0.6 USE="-restrict-javascript" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB [ebuild N ] x11-plugins/noscript-1.1.5.07 0 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.6 USE="bindist ipv6 java restrict-javascript -debug -filepicker -gnome -mozdevelop -moznopango -xforms -xinerama -xprint" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB Total: 14 packages (14 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Try to install mozilla-firefox on top of KDE-3.5.7. 2.USE="bindist" in /etc/make.conf 3.emerge -av mozilla-firefox Actual Results: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ..... ... Exiting on signal 2 ... done! [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs-10.2 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-arch/zip-2.32 USE="-crypt" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/nspr-4.6.7 USE="ipv6 -debug" 0 kB [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xdpyinfo-1.0.2 USE="-debug -dga -dmx -xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.8 USE="-debug" 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-compat-1.0-r3 0 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/mozilla-launcher-1.56 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs-10.0 USE="opengl" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/nss-3.11.7 USE="-utils" 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-qtlibs-10.0 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-gtklibs-10.0-r1 USE="qt3" 0 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-2.0.0.6 USE="-restrict-javascript" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB [ebuild N ] x11-plugins/noscript-1.1.5.07 0 kB [ebuild N ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.6 USE="bindist ipv6 java restrict-javascript -debug -filepicker -gnome -mozdevelop -moznopango -xforms -xinerama -xprint" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB Total: 14 packages (14 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Expected Results: No Firefox-bin should be installed, nor some emul-x86-libs.
(In reply to comment #0) > I have added to /etc/make.conf USE="bindist". > As a result, only Bonecho should be installed. Eh, who told you? That's not what the use flags does at all. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 190605 ***
Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:20:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -s" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -s" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fix-packages metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="rsync://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo/ rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/gentoo/ rsync://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ rsync://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/gentoo/ rsync://gentoo.intergenia.de/gentoo-linux/ rsync://ftp.belnet.be/gentoo/ rsync://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/gentoo/ rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo/ rsync://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl/gentoo/ rsync://ftp.lug.ro/gentoo/ rsync://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ rsync://ftp.rhnet.is/gentoo/ rsync://mirror.hamakor.org.il/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-s -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,-z -Wl,now" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j1 -s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext 64bit 80387 X a52 aac acl aiglx alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bindist bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo caps cdparanoia cdr cli cups dbus dri dts dvd dvdr encode esd firefox flac ftp gif glibc-omitfp gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv ipv6 java javascript jpeg kde ldap mad midi mikmod mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg mpeg2 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis wxGTK x264 xine xml xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY