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Doesn't work ## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells ## # funny. (bug #987654) ## app-misc/some-package #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- # Michał Górny (2021-04-22) # py3.7 backport with no revdeps left. # Removal on 2021-05-22. Bug #784983. dev-python/idna-ssl # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-21) # no consumers, last commit 2017 # see: https://bugs.gentoo.org/784836 # removal in 30 days dev-java/apt-mirror # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-21) # java library, no consumers # see: https://bugs.gentoo.org/784830 # removal in 30 days dev-java/ant-owanttask # Ulrich Müller (2021-04-20) # Version 3.15 is broken with Emacs 27.2. =app-emacs/mic-paren-3.15-r0 # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-21) # java library, no consumers # see: https://bugs.gentoo.org/784812 dev-java/ini4j # Matt Turner (2021-04-18) # Pretty dead. Needs GTK+3 port. Doesn't build with glib-2.68. # Removal on 2021-05-19. Bug #784266. net-nntp/pan # Jonas Stein (2021-04-19) # Bad SRC_URI, missing license files # Removal on 2021-07-01. Bug #784221. x11-apps/amlc # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-18) # our version is outdated with security issues, new version # uses gradle to build which we don't support atm, # also being a web framework deployable to application servers, # we have no usage for it, and nothing depends on it # removal in 30 days dev-java/tapestry # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-18) # the project has been abandoned and the developement # is now under name SpotBugs # see: https://github.com/findbugsproject/findbugs dev-util/findbugs # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-18) # obsolete deps, not used by any package # removal in 30 days dev-java/classmate dev-java/commons-configuration dev-java/commons-jelly dev-java/ezmorph dev-java/ical4j # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2021-04-18) # dev-java/xerces-2.12.1 depends on masked >=virtual/{jdk,jre}-11 # https://bugs.gentoo.org/782697 >=dev-java/xerces-2.12.1 # Matt Turner (2021-04-18) # Masked for testing. >=dev-libs/vala-common-0.51 dev-lang/vala:0.52 >=games-board/gnome-chess-40 # Michał Górny (2021-04-17) # Superseded by dev-python/pycodestyle. Last revdep masked for removal. # Removal on 2021-05-17. Bug #783369. dev-python/pep8 # Michał Górny (2021-04-17) # Dead. Upstream repo gone. Requires obsolete dev-python/pep8. # No revdeps. # Removal on 2021-05-17. Bug #783366. dev-python/pytest-pep8 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-04-16) # Dubious usefulness in current Plasma 5, unmaintained upstream, depends on # even less maintained and chronically broken libraries with many open bugs. # media-gfx/icc-examin: Bug #740010 # media-libs/libXcm: Bugs #525326, #724808 # media-libs/oyranos: Bugs #702158, #705364, #780057 # app-admin/elektra: Bugs #601992, #656168 # Removal on 2021-05-16 kde-misc/kolor-manager app-admin/elektra media-gfx/icc-examin media-gfx/synnefo media-libs/libXcm media-libs/openicc media-libs/oyranos # Bernard Cafarelli (2021-04-15) # Abandoned upstream, does not work with current API, # does not compile with current mpv # Removal on 2021-05-15, bug #782601 media-video/orion # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2021-04-15) # dev-java/jcodings-1.0.55 depends on masked >=virtual/{jdk,jre}-11 # dev-java/joni-2.1.41 depends on masked >=virtual/{jdk,jre}-11 >=dev-java/jcodings-1.0.55 >=dev-java/joni-2.1.41 # Jonas Stein (2021-04-15) # Depends on gtk2, which is EOL # Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #782904. x11-themes/gtk-engines-aurora # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-14) # java libraries not used by any other package, # masked for removal dev-java/odfdom dev-java/saaj # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-04-14) # QA: Mask sys-apps/openrc-0.43 because of bug 782808 =sys-apps/openrc-0.43* # Jonas Stein (2021-04-14) # Open bugs, dead upstream. # Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #782730. x11-misc/superswitcher # Jonas Stein (2021-04-14) # dead upstream, no valid SRC_URI # Removal on 2021-06-01. Bug #782727. x11-misc/xstroke # Matt Turner (2021-04-13) # Masked for testing >=app-misc/tracker-3 >=app-misc/tracker-miners-3 >=gnome-base/nautilus-40 >=sys-process/gnome-usage-3.38 >=media-plugins/grilo-plugins-0.3.13 >=media-sound/gnome-music-40 >=media-gfx/gnome-photos-40 >=net-misc/rygel-0.40 >=app-misc/bijiben-40 >=gnome-extra/gnome-boxes-40 # Michał Górny (2021-04-10) # Obsolete backport to Python < 3.4. No reverse dependencies left. # Removal on 2021-05-10. Bug #781902. dev-python/monotonic # Sam James (2021-04-09) # Support package for games.eclass (which is now being last-rited). Please # port away from games.eclass and use general ebuild functions/helpers. # No specific eclass is needed for general games installation. # Removal on 2021-05-09. # bug #574082 games-misc/games-envd # Lars Wendler (2021-04-08) # Masked for testing and until revdeps have been fixed: # bug #781188 >=dev-libs/icu-69.1 >=dev-libs/icu-layoutex-69.1 # Lars Wendler (2021-04-08) # Masked for testing >=app-crypt/gnupg-2.3.0 # Miroslav Šulc (2021-04-06) # Last release of dev-java/cal10n in 2013, no consumer # in the tree except dev-java/slf4j-ext which is not # needed by any package aswell. Removal in 30 days. dev-java/cal10n dev-java/slf4j-ext # Sergey Popov (2021-04-06) # Ancient version, currently no consumers in main tree # The only one consumer was mail-client/roundcube # and now it uses bundled version # Masked for removal in 30 days. dev-php/PEAR-Net_LDAP3 # Matt Turner (2021-04-05) # Masked for testing and for dependence on masked pango gui-libs/gtk >=gnome-base/gnome-shell-40 >=gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-40 >=x11-wm/mutter-40 >=media-sound/gnome-music-40 >=games-board/gnome-chess-40 # David Seifert (2021-04-05) # Completely broken, unmaintained, does not build. Newer version # use Maven, good luck with that. Bugs #418625, #431644, #515816 # #542940, #574632, #780396, removal in 30 days. sci-biology/gatk # David Seifert (2021-04-05) # Tests broken since perl 5.22, last release in 2008, # Bug #625492, removal in 30 days. sci-biology/diya # Michał Górny (2021-03-31) # New versions remove PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT support, breaking a lot # of scripts. >=dev-util/pkgdev-0.1.3 >=sys-apps/pkgcore-0.11.7 # Rick Farina (2021-03-30) # Gentoo doesn't use this package, and the one package which needs it now uses the bundled version # Masked for removal in 30 days dev-libs/go-usb # Sam James (2021-03-30) # Seems to break dev-tex/culmus-latex # Masking until we can investigate & fix # bug #737406 =media-fonts/culmus-0.133-r1 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-03-30) # Completely broken since profile 17.1, package needs a real maintainer, # bugfix and 3.0.4 version bump. Bugs #677374, #692928 # Removal on 2021-04-29 app-office/ical # Craig Andrews (2021-03-29) # Unmaintained upstream. # Project is also not useful due to changes in cryptocurrency mining. # Open security issue, bug #779004 # Removal on 2021-04-29, bug #779166 net-p2p/xmr-stak # Jonas Stein (2021-03-29) # Depends on gtk-2, no release since 2010. # Removal on 2021-05-01. # Bug #779148. app-editors/beaver # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-03-27) # Dead upstream. Bugs #437056, #453964, #550592, #768303 # Removal on 2021-04-26. app-eselect/eselect-infinality app-eselect/eselect-lcdfilter media-libs/fontconfig-ultimate media-libs/fontconfig-infinality # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-03-28) # No release since 2012, depends on deprecated dev-ml/lablgtk:2, no more # revdeps in Gentoo ebuild repository. # Removal on 2021-04-07, bug #769326 dev-ml/cairo-ocaml # Jonas Stein (2021-03-27) # Upstream is gone. Open bugs. Removal after 2021-05-01. # Bug #778800 x11-themes/nimbus # Jimi Huotari (2021-03-26) # No consumers since 2020-09-05 (dev-libs/liboobs), and no known # stand-alone use. # Removal on 2021-04-25. app-admin/system-tools-backends # Michał Górny (2021-03-26) # Pins to a vulnerable version of dev-python/urllib3. No maintainer # in Gentoo. # Removal on 2021-04-25. Bug #714860. dev-python/elasticsearch-curator # Lars Wendler (2021-03-22) # Has unidentified race condition on very fast CPUs that causes maintainer- # mode to be triggered. # Most likely caused by the following upstream commit: # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=aba75f6d4a9c875a9d5d90a07c6b3678db66a4bf sys-devel/autoconf:2.71 # Sam James (2021-03-22) # Many reverse dependencies need to be ported due to changes in new glib # Masking until they've been updated, see tracker bug for details # bug #777675 >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.68.0 >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.68.0 >=dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.68.0 >=dev-util/glib-utils-2.68.0 >=dev-libs/glib-2.68.0 >=net-libs/glib-networking-2.68.0 >=gnome-base/nautilus-40 >=gnome-extra/gnome-calendar-40 # Bug #780633 >=dev-libs/libgweather-40 >=gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-40 # Marek Szuba (2021-03-19) # Depends on bundled out-of-date Qt5 libraries, and even with those # installed recent upstream versions fail to run. Moreover, we have now # got a source variant in the tree which, while still CLI-only for now, # is up to date and actually works. # Removal in 30 days. Bug #768228. mail-mta/protonmail-bridge-bin # Göktürk Yüksek (2021-03-14) # Dead upstream. No revdeps. # Removal in 60 days to allow people extra time # for transitioning out. Bug #776262. app-admin/lastpass-cli # Sam James (2021-03-03) # Doesn't seem to sync clock correctly # in some cases. # bug #772998 ~net-misc/openntpd-6.8_p1 # Sam James (2021-03-01) # Mask new proj 8.x as it removes deprecated # API. Likely to break several consumers # which haven't yet ported. # bug #729098 ~sci-libs/proj-8.0.0 # Sam James (2021-02-18) # 0.9.27 included a regression wrt deletes # bug #768948 =dev-db/lmdb-0.9.27 # Lars Wendler (2021-02-15) # Mask development versions now that they were bumped... =net-misc/kea-1.9* # Michał Górny (2021-02-01) # LibreSSL support is discontinued. Please read the relevant news item # and either migrate to dev-libs/openssl, or use the unsupported # user-maintained libressl overlay. # Removal on 2021-05-01. Bug #762847. dev-libs/libressl # Marek Szuba (2021-01-21) # Masked for testing and further work - the golang-vcs-snapshot variant # seems to be incompatible with revdeps using go-module, the variant # using the latter is still broken. dev-go/qt # Michał Górny (2020-11-10) # This old Kodi version requires vulnerable dev-python/pillow # and prevents users from upgrading. Masked for the time being. # Bug #729672. media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro-nestopia media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox # Alfredo Tupone (2020-11-05) # will be upgraded after new lua release www-apps/liquid_feedback_frontend # Georgy Yakovlev (2020-10-30) # broken acl handling, possible broken chattr handling # needs more testing # bug #751739 =sys-apps/opentmpfiles-0.3.1 # Stephan Hartmann (2021-03-21) # Dev channel releases are only for people who # are developers or want more experimental features # and accept a more unstable release. >=www-client/chromium-91 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2020-10-26) # Historical metapackage that exists in slot 5 only for transition from KDE SC4. # Masked for removal on 2021-08-31. Replaced by: # emerge --noreplace kde-plasma/plasma-meta kde-apps/kde-apps-meta kde-apps/kde-meta:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2020-10-26) # Historical metapackage that exists in slot 5 only for transition from KDE SC4. # Masked for removal on 2021-08-31. Replaced by: # emerge --noreplace kde-plasma/plasma-meta kde-apps/kdecore-meta kde-apps/kdebase-meta:5 # Sam James (2020-10-05) # Masked for testing. New major versions of Guile # often break reverse dependencies. # Guile in Gentoo is not slotted, so let's be cautious. # bug #705554, bug #689408. >=dev-scheme/guile-3.0.4 # Ulrich Müller (2020-10-04) # Version 1.11 introduced different startup conventions for the server # which breaks the OpenRC init script. Bug #746227. >=net-misc/tigervnc-1.11.0 # Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (2020-09-01) # Mismatched version (bug #695022). Masked to force upgrade to 2.0.4_pre20200306162733. # (Mask should remain after ebuilds are deleted, until 2021-03-01 or # until new upstream release with proper versioning.) ~app-i18n/sunpinyin-3.0.0_rc1 ~app-i18n/ibus-sunpinyin-3.0.0_rc1 ~app-i18n/scim-sunpinyin-3.0.0_rc1 ~app-i18n/xsunpinyin-3.0.0_rc1 # Alfredo Tupone (2020-08-23) # Ported to py3 but not yet released # Masked to allow py2.7 removal dev-lang/spark # Mart Raudsepp (2020-08-15) # Development release, needs testing to ensure valac-0.50 # works for existing packages >=dev-libs/vala-common-0.49 dev-lang/vala:0.50 # Mart Raudsepp (2020-06-06) # Meson port does not handle multilib yet and has issues # regarding runstatedir (not using /run). =net-misc/networkmanager-1.22* # Eray Aslan (2020-03-09) # Mask experimental software =mail-mta/postfix-3.6* # Miroslav Šulc (2020-02-27) # >=dev-java/ant-eclipse-ecj-4.10 depends on masked >=virtual/{jdk,jre}-11 # www-servers/tomcat >= 9 depends on masked dev-java/eclipse-ecj >=dev-java/ant-eclipse-ecj-4.10 >=dev-java/eclipse-ecj-4.10 >=www-servers/tomcat-9 # Mart Raudsepp (2020-02-16) # Fails to automatically launch pipewire for me. Help welcome figuring it out. net-misc/gnome-remote-desktop # Stefan Strogin (2020-02-12) # Mask for testing revdeps. >=dev-games/mygui-3.4.0 # Patrick McLean (2020-02-07) # Mask until sys-libs/libxcrypt[system] is unmasked >=virtual/libcrypt-2 # Mart Raudsepp (2020-02-03) # Needs news item, known breakages that need to be handled first, bug 698922 >=x11-libs/pango-1.43 >=dev-cpp/pangomm-2.48 # Andrew Ammerlaan (2020-01-26) # v3.6.4 uses huge amounts of memory: Bug #705682 # v3.6.1 is the latest version without this issue >=dev-libs/libsass-3.6.2 # Lars Wendler (2019-11-14) # Breaks archives containing relative paths # when being called with --no-absolute-filenames # bug #700020 =app-arch/cpio-2.13 # Matt Turner (2019-09-01) # TeXmacs is the only remaining package in tree that requires guile-1.8, which # is unsupported upstream. A TeXmacs port to Guile-2 has been in progress for a # few years. Bug #436400 app-office/texmacs (2019-07-08) # Needs LOTS of testing, broke boot on my laptop in early attempts, maybe needs # matching genkernel work? >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.03 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2018-11-25) # Masked per security vulnerability CVE-2018-14345, bug #661510 # Keeping it masked while users have unsolved issues with >0.15.0. (2018-10-07) # Masked for more testing especially of reverse-deps. >=dev-games/ogre-1.11.2 # Andreas K. Hüttel (2018-09-11) # Mask transition ebuilds that were needed only for (2017-12-17) # Java 11 is not yet fully supported on Gentoo. Packages cannot depend # on it so these virtuals are not yet required. If you wish to use # Java 11 then install openjdk-(jdk|jre)-bin directly. virtual/jdk:11 virtual/jre:11 # Andreas K. Hüttel (2017-10-18) # sys-devel/automake versions 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 # have known security vulnerabilities, are broken with # recent Perl (>=5.26.0), and are not used by anything in # the Gentoo repository. Please uninstall. sys-devel/automake:1.4 sys-devel/automake:1.5 sys-devel/automake:1.6 sys-devel/automake:1.7 sys-devel/automake:1.8 sys-devel/automake:1.9 sys-devel/automake:1.10 # Nicolas Bock (2017-10-31) # There are multiple unresolved upstream issues with >=jabref-bin-4.0 (#636036). # If you still would like to use this version, please report any issues to # upstream. >=app-text/jabref-bin-4.0 # Michał Górny (2017-05-22) # for Maciej S. Szmigiero # Any version above 5.100.138 breaks b43 driver in various ways. # Also, b43 wiki page says to use 5.100.138. Bug #541080. >=sys-firmware/b43-firmware-6.30.163.46 # Andreas K. Hüttel (2017-05-21) # (and others, updated later) # These old versions of toolchain packages (binutils, gcc, glibc) are no # longer officially supported and are not suitable for general use. Using # these packages can result in build failures (and possible breakage) for # many packages, and may leave your system vulnerable to known security # exploits. # If you still use one of these old toolchain packages, please upgrade (and # switch the compiler / the binutils) ASAP. If you need them for a specific # (isolated) use case, feel free to unmask them on your system. (2017-01-07) # This package has some dangerous quality and security issues, but # people may still find it useful. It is masked to prevent accidental # use. See bugs 603346 and 604998 for more information. app-admin/amazon-ec2-init # Michał Górny (2016-11-17) # New version masked for testing. It supports source-window buffer size # over 2G but it 'currently performs 3-5% slower and has 1-2% worse # compression'. >=dev-util/xdelta-3.1.0 # Robin H. Johnson (2014-08-04) # Masked for testing, presently fails upstream testsuite: # FAIL:07:02:35 (00:00:00) db_dump/db_load(./TESTDIR.3/recd001.db:child killed: kill signal): expected 0, got 1 # FAIL:07:02:35 (00:00:00) Dump/load of ./TESTDIR.3/recd001.db failed. # FAIL:07:02:35 (00:00:00) db_verify_preop: expected 0, got 1 =sys-libs/db-6.1* =sys-libs/db-6.2* =sys-libs/db-18.1* # Mikle Kolyada (2014-06-27) # Masked for proper testing. (Major updates in the code). ~dev-perl/PortageXS-0.2.12 # Mike Gilbert (2014-03-04) # Dev channel releases are only for people who are developers or want more # experimental features and accept a more unstable release. www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins:unstable # Diego E. Pettenò (2009-01-03) # These packages are not supposed to be merged directly, instead # please use sys-devel/crossdev to install them. dev-util/mingw64-runtime sys-libs/newlib dev-embedded/avr-libc