For some reasons I get messages that a random file in configuration (unmask or keywords) and text similar to following is added (example for keywords but I get it for unmask as well): # required by dev-libs/libpeas-1.12.1::gnome[python] # required by dev-vcs/gitg-3.14.0::gnome[python] # required by @selected # required by @world (argument) =dev-python/pygobject-9999 ** Portage 2.2.14_rc1 (python 3.3.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.9.1, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.16.0-pf1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.16.0-pf1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3820QM_CPU_@_2.70GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16051524 total, 3978840 free KiB Swap: 20971484 total, 20971484 free Timestamp of tree: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p30 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/perl: 5.20.1-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.7.8, 3.3.5-r1, 3.4.2 dev-util/cmake: 3.0.2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.13.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.14.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3 sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.3, 4.9.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2-r1 sys-devel/make: 4.1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.17 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.19-r1 Repositories: gentoo crossdev gentoo-haskell vala steam-overlay bumblebee rust x11 gnome local ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -ggdb -Wa,--compress-debug-sections -fgcse-sm -fgcse-las -fgcse-after-reload -floop-block -floop-interchange -ftree-loop-distribution -floop-strip-mine" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" 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 /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -ggdb -Wa,--compress-debug-sections -fgcse-sm -fgcse-las -fgcse-after-reload -floop-block -floop-interchange -ftree-loop-distribution -floop-strip-mine" DISTDIR="/var/tmp/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-j8 --load-average=7" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs clean-logs compress-build-logs compressdebug config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fail-clean fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms split-elog splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.llarian.net/" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--hash-style=both -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--no-keep-memory" MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l7" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 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" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage-crossdev /var/lib/layman/haskell /var/lib/layman/vala /var/lib/layman/steam /var/lib/layman/bumblebee /var/lib/layman/rust /var/lib/layman/x11 /var/lib/layman/gnome /usr/local/portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avx berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 bzr c++0x cairo caps cdda cdr cli clutter colord cracklib crypt cryptsetup cups cxx dbus dconf debugger device-mapper dri dri3 dts dvd dvdr eds egl emacs emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac flash fontconfig fortran fprint fuse g3dvl gbm gdbm gdm gif git glamor gmp gnome gnome-keyring gnome-online-accounts gnuplot google gpm grilo gsettings gstreamer gtk gtk3 gtkstyle gui iconv inotify introspection iproute2 ipsec ipv6 ipython irc ithreads jabber jemalloc jit jpeg kerberos laptop latex lcms ldap libkms libnotify libproxy libsecret llvm lvm lzma mad map mercurial mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib nautilus ncurses networking networkmanager nls nptl nsplugin nss ogg opencl opengl openmp oss pam pango parted pch pcre pdf perl pkcs11 plotutils png policykit ppds profiler pulseaudio python python3 qemu qt4 readline realtime rss samba scanner sdl session smartcard sna socialweb spell spice sqlite sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification steamruntime subversion svg symlink systemd tcpd telepathy theora threads tiff tracker truetype udev udisks unicode upnp upower usb v4l vaapi vala vdpau virt-network virtfs vorbis vpx webkit wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xrandr xv xvid zeitgeist zlib zsh-completion" ABI_X86="32 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="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" DRACUT_MODULES="caps crypt lvm" 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 ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc efi-64" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics mouse mutouch" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en pl en_GB" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_4 python3_3 pypy python2_7" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="arm x86_64 i386" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="arm x86_64 i386" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20 ruby21" SANE_BACKENDS="gt68xx" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel 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" USE_PYTHON="2.7" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="... --autounmask=n" I had to rush to disable this myself. It seems this is some kind of innovation in 2.2.14, even though the dependencies it picks are rarely the right ones.
Maybe a =*/*-*9999* setting in /etc/portage/package.mask helps. Here is some documentation for a central function in the autounmask code: def _autounmask_levels(self): """ Iterate over the different allowed things to unmask. 0. USE 1. USE + license 2. USE + ~arch + license 3. USE + ~arch + license + missing keywords 4. USE + license + masks 5. USE + ~arch + license + masks 6. USE + ~arch + license + missing keywords + masks Some thoughts: * Do least invasive changes first. * Try unmasking alone before unmasking + missing keywords to avoid -9999 versions if possible """
I've seen cases where emerge prefers an unstable version over a USE flag change when: || ( unstable/atom stable/atom[foo] ) or where it prefers one USE flag change over another: || ( some/atom[bar] some/atom[foo] ) in favour of the earliest in order. This shouldn't be such a trivial choice for emerge to automatically make and then put in writing for the admin to rubberstamp, as it were. Or /does/ the order of appearance now denote a preference for the earlier (which is a point of contention in PMS AFAIK, with many paludis related bugs asking for a "proper" reordering)?
