I do observe at my 2nd tinderbox image (17.0-desktop-gnome-systemd_20180304-095202) that @preserved-rebuild doesn't solve the issue and would repeat itself: These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies .. .............. done! [ebuild R ] dev-lang/php-7.2.3:7.2::gentoo USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli ctype fileinfo filter gdbm hash iconv ipv6 json ldap nls opcache pdo phar posix readline session simplexml spell ssl systemd tokenizer unicode xml zlib -apache2 -argon2 -bcmath -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -coverage -curl -debug -embed -enchant -exif -firebird -flatfile -fpm -ftp -gd -gmp -imap -inifile -intl -iodbc -kerberos -ldap-sasl -libedit -libressl -lmdb -mhash -mssql -mysql -mysqli -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -phpdbg -postgres -qdbm -recode (-selinux) -session-mm -sharedmem -snmp -soap -sockets -sodium -sqlite -sysvipc {-test} -threads -tidy -tokyocabinet -truetype -wddx -webp -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xslt -zip -zip-encryption" 0 KiB [ebuild R ] dev-lang/php-5.6.34:5.6::gentoo USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli crypt ctype fileinfo filter gdbm hash iconv ipv6 json ldap nls opcache pdo phar posix readline session simplexml spell ssl systemd tokenizer unicode xml zlib -apache2 -bcmath -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -coverage -curl -debug -embed -enchant -exif -firebird -flatfile -fpm -ftp -gd -gmp -imap -inifile -intl -iodbc -kerberos -ldap-sasl -libedit -libmysqlclient -libressl -mhash -mssql -mysql -mysqli -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -postgres -qdbm -recode (-selinux) -sharedmem -snmp -soap -sockets -sqlite -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -truetype -vpx -wddx -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xslt -zip" 0 KiB [ebuild R ] dev-lang/php-7.0.28:7.0::gentoo USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli crypt ctype fileinfo filter gdbm hash iconv ipv6 json ldap nls opcache pdo phar posix readline session simplexml spell ssl systemd tokenizer unicode xml zlib -apache2 -bcmath -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -coverage -curl -debug -embed -enchant -exif -firebird -flatfile -fpm -ftp -gd -gmp -imap -inifile -intl -iodbc -kerberos -ldap-sasl -libedit -libressl -mhash -mssql -mysql -mysqli -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -phpdbg -postgres -qdbm -recode (-selinux) -sharedmem -snmp -soap -sockets -sqlite -sysvipc -threads -tidy -truetype -wddx -webp -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xslt -zip" 0 KiB Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 KiB !!! The following installed packages are masked: - media-video/qt-recordmydesktop-0.3.8-r3::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org> (07 Mar 2018) # Depends on deprecated Qt 4. Dead upstream. # Masked for removal in 30 days. Bug #649116. For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Jobs: 0 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.2, 12.3, 12.6 >>> Emerging (1 of 3) dev-lang/php-7.0.28::gentoo >>> Jobs: 0 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.2, 12.3, 12.6 >>> Installing (1 of 3) dev-lang/php-7.0.28::gentoo >>> Jobs: 0 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 13.2, 13.5, 13.0 >>> Jobs: 0 of 3 complete Load avg: 13.0, 13.4, 13.0 >>> Jobs: 1 of 3 complete Load avg: 12.8, 13.4, 13.0 >>> Jobs: 1 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.8, 13.4, 13.0 >>> Emerging (2 of 3) dev-lang/php-5.6.34::gentoo >>> Jobs: 1 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.8, 13.4, 13.0 >>> Installing (2 of 3) dev-lang/php-5.6.34::gentoo >>> Jobs: 1 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.7, 12.8, 12.8 >>> Jobs: 1 of 3 complete Load avg: 12.7, 12.8, 12.8 >>> Jobs: 2 of 3 complete Load avg: 12.7, 12.8, 12.8 >>> Jobs: 2 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.7, 12.8, 12.8 >>> Emerging (3 of 3) dev-lang/php-7.2.3::gentoo >>> Jobs: 2 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.7, 12.8, 12.8 >>> Installing (3 of 3) dev-lang/php-7.2.3::gentoo >>> Jobs: 2 of 3 complete, 1 running Load avg: 12.4, 12.3, 12.5 >>> Jobs: 2 of 3 complete Load avg: 12.4, 12.3, 12.5 >>> Jobs: 3 of 3 complete Load avg: 12.4, 12.3, 12.5 >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. !!! existing preserved libs: >>> package: sys-libs/db-5.3.28-r3 * - /usr/lib64/libdb-5.3.so * used by /usr/lib64/php5.6/bin/php (dev-lang/php-5.6.34) * used by /usr/lib64/php7.0/bin/php (dev-lang/php-7.0.28) * used by /usr/lib64/php7.2/bin/php (dev-lang/php-7.2.3) Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries
*** Bug 652202 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***