Every time I run a test build (-p option) or a real build, emerge insists on rebuilding the same packages (youtube-dl and gentoolkit; after I upgraded setuptools a few days ago, it added that to the list). Here is an example: $ emerge -upvt virtual/udev These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild rR ] net-misc/youtube-dl-2013.10.23.2 USE="-offensive {-test}" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.8-r2 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild U ] virtual/udev-206-r3 [206-r2] USE="gudev* kmod static-libs -introspection (-selinux)" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 kB [ebuild U ] sys-fs/udev-208 [206-r3] USE="acl doc firmware-loader gudev* kmod openrc static-libs -introspection (-selinux)" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 2,328 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-python/setuptools-1.1.6 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_3" 0 kB Total: 5 packages (2 upgrades, 3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 2,328 kB After the build, /usr/portage/packages/All/ has: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15676 Oct 28 22:14 udev-206-r3.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 600684 Oct 28 22:14 udev-208.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6665234 Oct 28 22:13 gentoolkit-0.3.0.8-r2.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 369213 Oct 28 22:13 youtube-dl-2013.10.23.2.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 855352 Oct 28 22:13 setuptools-1.1.6.tbz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4259512 Oct 28 21:14 kino-1.3.4.tbz2 (Notice I had just built kino about an hour ago.) Now, when I go to install a new package: $ emerge -pvt handbrake These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] media-video/handbrake-0.9.9 USE="ffmpeg gstreamer gtk -fdk" 9,097 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libbluray-0.4.0 USE="truetype xml -aacs -java -static-libs -utils" 537 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libmpeg2-0.5.1-r2 USE="X -sdl -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libmkv-0.6.5.1 32 kB Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 9,666 kB Looks like it doesn't want to rebuild them. Sure enough, "emerge handbrake" builds just the four new packages. Checking another package that needs an upgrade: $ emerge -upvt bind-tools These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild rR ] net-misc/youtube-dl-2013.10.23.2 USE="-offensive {-test}" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.8-r2 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild U ] net-dns/bind-tools-9.9.4 [9.9.2_p2] USE="doc readline ssl xml -gssapi -idn -ipv6 -urandom" 7,337 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-python/setuptools-1.1.6 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2 -pypy2_0 -python2_6 -python3_3" 0 kB Total: 4 packages (1 upgrade, 3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 7,337 kB They're baaa-aack! :^( $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.12.2 (default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.7.3, glibc-2.17, 3.9.11-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.9.11-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3930K_CPU_@_3.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16363556 total, 2366008 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of tree: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:00:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 ccache version 3.1.9 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r4, 3.2.5-r3, 3.3.2-r2 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.9 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.9-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.4, 4.7.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.9 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.17 Repositories: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg ccache collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j12" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl additions aiglx alsa amd64 ao apache2 audacious audiofile bash-completion bcmath berkdb branding bzip2 bzlib calendar cdinstall cli cracklib crypt curl cxx dbase dbx dedicated device-mapper dga divx doc dot dovecot-sasl dri dv efiemu expat faac fame fbcon ffmpeg fftw flac flatfile fluidsynth font-server fontconfig fontforge gd gecko-sdk gif gimpprint ginac glitz glut gnuplot gnutls gpgme gs gstreamer gtk guidexml hardenedphp hddtemp highlight hou iconv id3tag imagemagick imlib inifile inotify jack jpeg jpeg2k keyscrub lame lastfmradio latin1 lcms libmms libsamplerate lm_sensors logrotate logwatch lzma mbox memlimit mikmod mime mmap mmx modplug modules mount mp3 mp4 mpm-prefork mudflap multilib mysql ncurses no-suexec nocardbus nocd nodrm nomotif nowin nptl nsplugin ofx ogg opengl pam pcntl pcre pda php pie plotutils png posix ppds quotes readline realmedia rtsp sasl server session shared sharedmem simplexml skins smpeg smtp sndfile sockets sou sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subtitles system-sqlite sysvipc tagwriting tcl tcpd theora threads tidy tiff timidity tk truetype ups usb usbhost userlocales vhosts videos vim-syntax vorbis wma wmp wv wxgtk1 wxwidgets wxwindows xcb xine xml xpm xprint xscreensaver xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ice1712" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_core authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_core authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so socache_shmcb speling status unique_id unixd userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vga nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
Same problem here: 'emerge -uNDva world' wants to rebuild 10 packages: [ebuild rR ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r1:2 USE="icu ipv6 lzma python readline {test} -debug -examples -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 (-python3_3)" 0 kB [ebuild rR ~] media-libs/lcms-1.19-r1 USE="jpeg python tiff zlib -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.32.4-r1 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-python/sip-4.14.7:0/10 USE="-debug -doc" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 (-python3_3)" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] x11-proto/xcb-proto-1.8-r3 ABI_X86="(64) (-32) (-x32)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 (-python3_3)" 0 kB [ebuild rR ~] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.8-r2 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 (-pypy2_0) -python2_6 -python3_2 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-python/pygobject-3.2.2-r1:3 USE="cairo {test} threads -examples" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-python/dbus-python-1.2.0 USE="{test} -doc -examples" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 (-python3_3)" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-python/PyQt4-4.10.2 USE="X dbus declarative kde opengl phonon script sql svg webkit xmlpatterns -debug -doc -examples -help -multimedia -scripttools" [ebuild rR ~] dev-vcs/tortoisehg-2.9.2 USE="-doc" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 0 kB 'emerge -uNDvbka world' wants to rebuild 5 packages: [ebuild rR ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r1:2 USE="icu ipv6 lzma python readline {test} -debug -examples -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 (-python3_3)" 0 kB [ebuild rR ~] media-libs/lcms-1.19-r1 USE="jpeg python tiff zlib -static-libs" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 -python3_3" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.32.4-r1 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2" 0 kB [ebuild rR ] x11-proto/xcb-proto-1.8-r3 ABI_X86="(64) (-32) (-x32)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6 -python3_2 (-python3_3)" 0 kB [ebuild rR ~] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.8-r2 PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 (-pypy2_0) -python2_6 -python3_2 -python3_3" 0 kB I recompiled these 5 packages twice today, but emerge still wants to rebuild them. Portage 2.2.7 (hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-4.7.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.11.6-hardened-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= KiB Mem: 65825872 total, 28234296 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of tree: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 04:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r3 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.13.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.7.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.9 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo nikoli ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=corei7-avx -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-3.0" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=corei7-avx -O2 -pipe" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs cgroup collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync network-sandbox news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict test unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j9" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/nikoli" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi aes-ni alsa amd64 amr audiofile avx bash-completion bzip2 cairo caps cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr celt cli consolekit cracklib crypt css cups cxx dbus djvu dri dts dv dvd dvdr encode exif fat ffmpeg flac fluidsynth fontconfig fortran gd geoip gif gimp gmp gnutls gphoto2 gpm graphviz gsm gstreamer gtk handbook hardened iconv icu id3tag idn ilbc imagemagick imap imlib ios ipod ipv6 jbig jpeg jpeg2k justify kde kipi lame laptop lcms libass libnotify libproxy libsamplerate lm_sensors lzma lzo mac mad matroska mikmod mmx mmxext modplug modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib musepack musicbrainz ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly ntfs ogg openal openexr opengl openmp opus pam pango pax_kernel pcre pdf pg-intdatetime phonon plasma pm-utils png policykit postscript qt3support qt4 quicktime rar raw readline reiserfs replaygain rtmp sasl scanner semantic-desktop session sid smp sndfile socks5 speex spell sqlite sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg symlink sysfs taglib theora threads thumbnail tiff truetype tta udev udisks unicode upnp upower usb v4l v4l2 vcd vdpau vorbis vpx wavpack webkit webp wifi wma wmf x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xface xinerama xml xmp xpm xscreensaver xv xvid xz zip zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="*" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="ru ru_RU en" NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="access auth_basic autoindex fastcgi gzip rewrite" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon r600 modesetting vesa" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= sys-apps/portage-2.2.7 was built with the following: USE="(ipc) (multilib) python2 test (xattr) -build -doc -epydoc (-pypy2_0) -python3 (-selinux)" ABI_X86="64" LINGUAS="ru" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 (-pypy2_0) -python2_6 -python3_2 -python3_3 -python3_4"
Created attachment 362950 [details] mva's emerge --info Same here: # emerge -av mesa These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild rR ] media-gfx/fbgrab-1.1 0 kB <...> # emerge --info (see attach. Bzilla don't allow to insert it to commit, since it is too long)
I was having this problem, and found that updating python-exec fixed it. It seems that it was deciding to rebuild various packages that depend on python-exec in order to have them use the latest slot for python-exec, despite the fact that the newer python-exec wasn't actually getting built. Perhaps if it considers upgrading a package (e.g. python-exec) to a new slot, it rebuilds packages that could move to depending on the new slot even if it decides not to upgrade the child after all.
I have all possible python-exec versions installed, all of them are latest, but emerge still tries to rebuild 5 packages. $ equery l python-exec * Searching for python-exec ... [IP-] [ ] dev-lang/python-exec-0.3.1:0 [IP-] [ ] dev-lang/python-exec-2.0:2 [IP-] [ ] dev-python/python-exec-10000.1:0 [IP-] [ ] dev-python/python-exec-10000.2:2
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 486580 ***
