On a merged-usr system, both packages install /usr/bin/gzip and /usr/bin/gunzip. Personally, I would just drop the "symlink" USE flag.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=000da2d8320b8c0b5d5187da33fee0fc4389db11 commit 000da2d8320b8c0b5d5187da33fee0fc4389db11 Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-09-05 15:00:45 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-09-05 21:29:21 +0000 app-arch/gzip: add blockers against pigz and ncompress Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868312 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868603 Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> app-arch/gzip/{gzip-1.12.ebuild => gzip-1.12-r1.ebuild} | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=43807853b0b9335a2c51a7b92820f9ee2091dcff commit 43807853b0b9335a2c51a7b92820f9ee2091dcff Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-09-06 03:36:46 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-09-06 03:36:46 +0000 profiles/base: mask app-arch/lbzip2[symlink], app-arch/pigz[symlink] Incompatible with merged-usr and is a fundamentally flaky approach. - app-arch/lbzip2: bug #868318 (possible solution in bug #868651) - app-arch/pigz: bug #868312 (possible solution in bug #868648) It's suggested that users who want this feature use a wrapper script in /usr/local (or otherwise on PATH), or configure tools like tar to use lbzip2 & pigz respectively using EXTRA_ECONF. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868318 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868312 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868651 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868648 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/base/package.use.mask | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=30f64050da3809c7bea17cce2fc5d01f0f125cdd commit 30f64050da3809c7bea17cce2fc5d01f0f125cdd Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-12-27 11:56:29 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-12-27 11:56:29 +0000 app-arch/pigz: drop masked USE=symlink Use app-alternative/gzip instead (see news item). Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868312 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/868648 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> app-arch/pigz/pigz-2.7.ebuild | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
