emerge -av wesnoth These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo USE="icu nls* python threads -context -debug -doc -mpi -static-libs -tools" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_4" 0 KiB [ebuild N ] games-strategy/wesnoth-1.12.1::gentoo USE="dbus -dedicated -doc -fribidi -nls -server" 0 KiB Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by games-strategy/wesnoth-1.12.1::gentoo # required by wesnoth (argument) >=dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1 nls Would you like to add these changes to your config files? [Yes/No] I do not want nls and therefore hole game should run in english only. the ebuild should not enforce boost with nls, which is absolutely not necessary. Reproducible: Always Actual Results: wesnoth requires boost with nls when wesnoth itself will be build without nls Expected Results: portage do not require boost build with nls flag emerge --info http://pastebin.com/CfGL1ct9
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 536820 ***