elog/summary.log contains this: >>> Messages generated by process xxxx on 2021-01-24 16:03:48 for package dev-python/pyyaml-5.4.1: QA: other DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS value is probably incorrect have: DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no expected: DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=bdepend Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge dev-python/pyyaml-5.4.1 Expected Results: not sure, no such message?! https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2020/10/21/distutils_use_setuptools-qa-spam-and-more-qa-spam/ unsure I understand that... maybe if I did, I wouldn've filed this at all? at least, that's what I'm getting from that.
ok I think I got it now, therefore this isn't an issue.