I guess FEATURES="test" is somehow or other useful, if not, why are tests written by the developers then? This bug is well knwon: citation from bug #286629 : --- Comment #10 From Kent Fredric 2009-12-12 23:51:58 0000 [reply] --- (In reply to comment #9) > Thanks to this bug I can't install gentoo. Are there any workaround? > You /could/ disable FEATURES="test". [...] --- Comment #11 From Gilles Dartiguelongue 2009-12-12 23:56:34 0000 [reply] --- Also installing most things in gentoo with FEATURES="test" from stage3 will most likely get you circular dependencies which can't be fixed. That's how this bug would be solved too. [...] ------------------ Why can't they be fixed?! Dependencies are _put_ into the ebuild files, right? Circular dependencies should not occur or the package/portage should use a workaround to circumvent that. Of course forcing FEATURES="-test" is not a satisfying solution, IMHO it's hiding a problem instead of solving it! I guess sometimes building a package with an older, compatible package which it depends on and then later use that package to emerge the other one may work in a few cases. Or (please) make building gentoo from stage-1 or -2 possible again. For me the comment sounds like "circular dependencies won't occur then". Reproducible: Always
Are circular deps triggered by USE=test different from those triggered by other USE flags? If not, maybe this is a duplicate of bug 175808?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 417675 ***
