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Bug #987654. ## app-misc/some-package #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-26) # Dead upstream, stuck on Qt5, blocking x11-libs/qscintilla[qt5] cleanup # Bug #947297; removal on 2025-05-26 dev-db/sqliteman # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-26) # Dead upstream, last revdep on x11-libs/qwtplot3d and x11-libs/qwt:5 # Bugs #948047, #942455; removal on 2025-05-26 sci-visualization/scidavis x11-libs/qwtplot3d x11-libs/qwt:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-24) # A pain to maintain. No more revdeps. Bug #925718 dev-qt/qtwebengine:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-24) # Requires Qt5WebEngine; bug #925722 # Removal on 2025-05-24 - with a good chance to be kept if ported by then. www-client/otter # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-24) # Requires Qt5WebEngine; no more revdeps. Bug #926684 # Removal on 2025-05-24. dev-python/pyqtwebengine # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-24) # Dead upstream, Qt5 based, no more revdeps. Bug #949019 # Removal on 2025-05-24. dev-python/python-poppler-qt5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-22) # Dead upstream, depends on downstream patching even for Qt5 support. # Almost no one else keeps packaging this. Bug #947622 # Removal on 2025-05-22. sci-visualization/zhu3d # Michał Górny (2025-04-22) # This package was only really necessary for packages without # Python 3.12+ support, and the eclass no longer uses it. # Removal on 2025-05-22. Bug #954213. dev-python/unittest-or-fail # Hans de Graaff (2025-04-21) # ruby32-only slot. Use the newer slot instead. # Masked for removal on 2025-05-21. dev-ruby/highline:2 # Sam James (2025-04-21) # Several packages need porting. Tracker bug #954128. =dev-python/cython-3.1* # Hans de Graaff (2025-04-20) # ruby32-only slot. Use the newer slot instead. # Masked for removal on 2025-05-20. dev-ruby/activeldap:6 # Michał Górny (2025-04-19) # This package will no longer feature stable keywords, due to unresolved # test failures blocking the stabilization request for months. (2025-04-19) # Ruby 3.1 is no longer supported upstream and will no longer # receive security updates. This mask also includes any # remaining ruby31-only packages. dev-lang/ruby:3.1 dev-ruby/async:1 dev-ruby/pathutil =app-admin/puppet-7* # Conrad Kostecki (2025-04-18) # Package not needed anymore by the only consumer net-dns/hash-slinger. # Masked for removal on 2025-05-18. Bug #952341 dev-python/ipaddr # Hans de Graaff (2025-04-14) # Obsolete slot that fails tests, bug 933189. EAPI 7. Use the newer # slot instead. Masked for removal on 2025-05-14. dev-ruby/childprocess:2 # Michał Górny (2025-04-09) # Still uses legacy distutils-r1 mode, and lacks Python 3.13 target. # No reply from the maintainer for a year now. # Removal on 2025-05-09. Bug #909900. app-text/nfoview # Matt Turner (2025-04-04) # Package is dead (last release in 1999). # Not relevant today: purpose is to not overload a very slow system with # multiple X11 clients starting at the same time. SRC_URI is long dead. # Removal on 2025-05-04. Bug #953120. x11-misc/xtoolwait # Matt Turner (2025-04-04) # Package is dead and has a pile of patches to make it compile. # SRC_URI is long gone. Many alternative image viewers. # Removal on 2025-05-04. Bug #953119. media-gfx/xloadimage # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-02) # Depends on Qt5WebEngine, and upstream seem to be having a hard time # porting to Qt6 with an unknown ETA likely well beyond the time we want # to keep dev-qt/qtwebengine:5 in ::gentoo. # Removal on 2025-04-30. Bug #926666 media-video/jellyfin-media-player # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-04-02) # No release since 2021, no commit in 3 years, depends on Qt5WebEngine. # Use app-text/uchmviewer instead. Removal on 2025-04-30. Bug #823008 app-text/kchmviewer # Ionen Wolkens (2025-04-02) # Masked for testing the new .0 version and leave time for packages # to catch up on support if needed. May or may keep masked until 6.9.1 # depending on issues. If wanted, feel free to add `dev-qt/*:6/6.9.0` # to package.unmask and report issues. =dev-python/pyqt6-6.9* =dev-python/pyqt6-webengine-6.9* =dev-python/pyside-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qt-docs-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qt3d-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qt5compat-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtbase-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtcharts-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtconnectivity-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtdeclarative-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qthttpserver-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtimageformats-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtlanguageserver-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtlocation-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtmultimedia-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtnetworkauth-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtpositioning-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtquick3d-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtquicktimeline-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtremoteobjects-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtscxml-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtsensors-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtserialbus-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtserialport-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtshadertools-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtspeech-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtsvg-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qttools-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qttranslations-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtvirtualkeyboard-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtwayland-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtwebchannel-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtwebengine-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtwebsockets-6.9.0* =dev-qt/qtwebview-6.9.0* # Matt Turner (2025-04-01) # Very dead. Last release in 2007. Many open bugs (#712894, #882169, #894620, # #907400, #920478, #932284, #943891). # Removal on 2025-05-01. Bug #949960. x11-terms/aterm # Norbert Norbiros (2025-04-01) # Screen v5.0.0 has a lot of regressions # https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2024-10/msg00007.html # Unmask it after it is properly tested & fixed =app-misc/screen-5* # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2025-03-31) # Depends on broken dev-java/rxtx, bugs #761103, #867409, #874444, #898170 # #927898. # Depends on dev-java/jgoodies-{common,looks} which are no longer available # "at no charge". https://www.jgoodies.com/downloads/libraries/#post-63 # Removal on 2025-04-30. sci-geosciences/bt747 dev-java/rxtx dev-java/swingx dev-java/swingx-beaninfo dev-java/swingx-ws dev-java/jchart2d dev-java/jcalendar dev-java/jgoodies-looks dev-java/jgoodies-common # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-03-30) # Depends on dev-python/python-poppler-qt5, stuck on py3.12, new 0.7.0 # release available w/ PyQt6 support would require packaging new pymupdf # dependency (bug #949686). Use media-gfx/inkscape or app-text/pdfarranger # alternatively. Removal on 2025-04-29. Bugs #947726, #952250 app-text/krop # Conrad Kostecki (2025-03-28) # Upstream is dead and broken. All 'whatsapp' deps # will be last-rited on 2025-04-28. # Bug #952588 #952589 net-im/transwhat net-im/yowsup # Sam James (2025-03-27) # Large-scale breakage (bug #951350). =dev-build/cmake-4* # Michał Górny (2025-03-17) # Xfce 4.22 prereleases. Masked because they tend to be quite unstable. >=xfce-base/exo-4.21 >=xfce-base/garcon-4.21 >=xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.21 >=xfce-base/thunar-4.21 >=xfce-base/tumbler-4.21 >=xfce-base/xfce4-appfinder-4.21 >=xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.21 >=xfce-base/xfce4-power-manager-4.21 >=xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.21 >=xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.21 >=xfce-base/xfconf-4.21 # Sam James (2025-03-07) # May cause emerge to hang (bug #950707). Tests hang on one machine # and another strange report upstream: https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/issues/383. # Mask out of caution for now. =dev-util/pkgconf-2.4.1 # John Helmert III (2025-03-02) # Doesn't seem to cleanly load, see: # https://github.com/lkrg-org/lkrg/issues/364 =app-antivirus/lkrg-0.9.9 # Eray Aslan (2025-02-24) # Mask experimental software =mail-mta/postfix-3.11* # Sam James (2025-02-22) # (Only) needed for no-yet-released LibreOffice. Mask for now to avoid # unnecessary conflicts/backtracking for LO users. =dev-libs/liborcus-0.20.0 =dev-libs/libixion-0.20.0 =dev-util/mdds-3.0.0 # Nowa Ammerlaan (2025-02-21) # Shiboken and Pyside-tools have been merged into dev-python/pyside # as of version 6.8.2. Pyside-tools are useable when the "tools" USE # flag is enabled. dev-python/shiboken6 dev-python/pyside6-tools # Maciej Barć (2025-02-12) # Masked for testing. Fails to update from previous version. See bug #949626. >=x11-themes/fluent-icon-theme-2025.02.10 # Matt Jolly (2025-02-10) # Rust ebuilds are migrating to use RPATH/RUNPATH to find their libraries. # New revisions for each Slot are already in-tree and should be used instead. # Bug 949374 =dev-lang/rust-1.71.1-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.74.1-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.75.0-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.76.0-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.77.1-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.79.0-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.78.0-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.80.1-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.81.0-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.82.0-r100 =dev-lang/rust-1.82.0-r101 =dev-lang/rust-1.83.0-r1 =dev-lang/rust-1.84.0 =dev-lang/rust-1.84.1 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.71.1-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.74.1-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.75.0-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.77.1-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.79.0-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.80.1-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.81.0-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.82.0-r101 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.83.0 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.84.0 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.84.1 # Michał Górny (2025-02-08) # Suspicious subslot bump, causing humongous rebuilds. # https://bugs.gentoo.org/949414 =dev-cpp/cpp-httplib-0.18.6 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2025-01-23) # Qt5 packages without any revdeps. dev-qt/assistant dev-qt/linguist dev-qt/pixeltool dev-qt/qdbus dev-qt/qdbusviewer dev-qt/qdoc dev-qt/qtdiag dev-qt/qtpaths dev-qt/qt3d:5 dev-qt/qtdatavis3d:5 dev-qt/qtgamepad:5 dev-qt/qtlocation:5 dev-qt/qtnetworkauth:5 dev-qt/qtplugininfo dev-qt/qtquicktimeline:5 dev-qt/qtsensors:5 dev-qt/qtserialbus:5 dev-qt/qtvirtualkeyboard:5 dev-qt/qtwebview:5 # Michał Górny (2024-12-05) # 6.12.2 does not boot for me. =sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.12.2 =sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.12.2 =sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.2 =virtual/dist-kernel-6.12.2 # Ionen Wolkens (2024-11-19) # NVIDIA dropped support for the 470.xx branch in September 2024[1]. # # Users are free to unmask and keep using, but be warned it is very # likely to be affected by security issues[2] as NVIDIA does not # track nor fix these for this branch anymore. # # Gentoo will keep it packaged for as long as reasonably possible # (albeit masked) but no true support will be given nor patches # for newer kernels. It is recommended to use 6.6.x LTS kernels or # older (6.6.x will be supported upstream until December 2026, # and 6.1.x a year further to December 2027). # # Major issues will lead to removal without further warning, e.g. # if no usable kernels left in tree, or if broken with a newer Xorg. # # >> It is recommended to switch to nouveau[3] drivers (regardless # of its worse performance), or ideally replace the hardware. # # [1] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 # https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5202 # [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/942031#c7 # [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers:0/470 # Matt Jolly (2024-11-09) # The legacy Rust ebuilds are no longer maintained and have been # replaced by the new slotted Rust. Removal in 30 days. =dev-lang/rust-1.71.1 =dev-lang/rust-1.74.1 =dev-lang/rust-1.75.0-r1 =dev-lang/rust-1.77.1 =dev-lang/rust-1.79.0 =dev-lang/rust-1.80.1 =dev-lang/rust-1.81.0 =dev-lang/rust-1.82.0 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.71.1 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.74.1 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.75.0 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.77.1 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.79.0 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.80.1 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.81.0 =dev-lang/rust-bin-1.82.0 =virtual/rust-1.71.1-r2 =virtual/rust-1.74.1-r1 =virtual/rust-1.75.0-r1 =virtual/rust-1.77.1 =virtual/rust-1.79.0 =virtual/rust-1.80.1 =virtual/rust-1.81.0-r1 =virtual/rust-1.82.0 # Viorel Munteanu (2024-10-18) # Experimental version, for testing purposes only. # Bug #941566. app-emulation/virtualbox-kvm # Nowa Ammerlaan (2024-10-05) # This version is known to break on certain systems. At the # same time it fixes several reported issues. Masked until # we can work out how to resolve the situation. # See also: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/36091 ~sys-boot/plymouth-24.004.60 # Sam James (2024-09-30) # GCC 10 and older no longer receive upstream support or fixes for # bugs. Please switch to a newer GCC version using gcc-config. # The lowest supported version of GCC is GCC 11. (2024-09-22) # Upstream testing release; fails some tests as well here # Beware that if you upgrade to it, you may need to reset your keyrings. >=app-crypt/gnupg-2.5 # Fabian Groffen (2024-09-02) # exim_tinydb utility crashes due to invalid free() (used in startup script) =mail-mta/exim-4.98 # Sam James (2024-06-25) # The symbol versioning "fix" breaks anything built with 3.0.0. =dev-libs/libassuan-3.0.1 # Sam James (2024-03-28) # Newer 5.4.x releases were signed by a potentially compromised upstream maintainer. # There is no evidence that these releases contain malicious code, but masked # out of an abundance of caution. See bug #928134. sec-keys/openpgp-keys-jiatan ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.3 ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.4 ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.5 ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.6 # Sam James (2024-03-28) # Backdoor discovered in release tarballs. DOWNGRADE NOW. # https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 # https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134 ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.5.1_alpha ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.5.2_beta ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.6.0 ~app-arch/xz-utils-5.6.1 # Sam James (2023-12-14) # Gentoo's kernel maintainers have decided to discontinue gentoo-sources and # gentoo-kernel for old kernel LTS branches because of the resources to require # testing and patching them, combined with changing kernel lifecycles. # # The new policy is to support kernels with genpatches for 3 years after their # release. # # Specifically, 4.14/4.19/5.4 have been dropped. See https://www.mpagano.com/blog/?p=315 # and http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/. # # sys-kernel/vanilla-sources will continue to be provided for all branches # until they reach formal upstream EOL. # (2023-09-09) # OpenSSL 1.1.x is EOL on 2023-09-11. Please upgrade immediately to >= OpenSSL 3. # https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2023/03/28/1.1.1-EOL/ # https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2023/06/15/1.1.1-EOL-Reminder/ # Please run a full world upgrade, especially checking /etc/portage and your world file # for old PHP or Ruby references. (2023-07-12) # The catalyst-3 branch is outdated and not used by Gentoo # Release Engineering anymore. Please either use git master # (9999) as all Release Engineering build machines or wait # for catalyst-4. Questions or bug reports about catalyst-3 # may or may not lead to useful results. (2023-06-21) # suitesparseconfig-7.0.0 fails to build with multilib enabled # because of dependencies that cannot be satisfied. All the other # packages require it. Bug #908851. =sci-libs/amd-3.0.3 =sci-libs/btf-2.0.3 =sci-libs/camd-3.0.3 =sci-libs/ccolamd-3.0.3 =sci-libs/cholmod-4.0.3 =sci-libs/colamd-3.0.3 =sci-libs/cxsparse-4.0.3 =sci-libs/klu-2.0.3 =sci-libs/ldl-3.0.3 =sci-libs/spqr-3.0.3 =sci-libs/suitesparseconfig-7.0.0 =sci-libs/umfpack-6.1.0 # Ionen Wolkens (2023-03-30) # NVIDIA dropped support for the 390.xx branch in December 2022[1]. # # Users are free to unmask and keep using, but be warned it is very # likely to be affected by security issues as NVIDIA does not track # nor fix these for this branch anymore. # # Gentoo will keep it packaged for as long as reasonably possible # (albeit masked) but no true support will be given nor patches # for newer kernels. It is recommended to use 6.1.x LTS kernels or # older (6.1.x will be supported upstream until December 2027). # # Major issues will lead to removal without further warning, e.g. # if no usable kernels left in tree, or if broken with a newer Xorg. # # >> It is recommended to switch to nouveau[2] drivers (regardless # of its worse performance), or ideally replace the hardware. # # [1] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 # [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers:0/390 # Ben Kohler (2023-01-30) # Breaks too many revdeps for now =app-text/discount-3* # Joonas Niilola (2022-04-29) # Apparently the "b" in version means "beta". 3.24 is available, we # should update to that. #841437 ~sci-physics/bullet-3.22b # Brian Evans (2022-01-07) # The main consumer, phpunit, does not initiate the new timer correctly # This is likely to cause issues in tests; Unmask if using for other purposes >=dev-php/PHP_Timer-5.0 # Ionen Wolkens (2021-10-09) # Vulkan beta driver branch aimed at Vulkan developers for testing # new features. Beside vulkan, it is typically behind the main branch # and may be buggier or less secure. Only unmask if really wanted. x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers:0/vulkan # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-09-18) # dev-build/automake version 1.11 is EOL and is only useful for testing # old de-ANSI-fication/ansi2knr/AM_C_PROTOTYPES code. Please uninstall. dev-build/automake:1.11 # Michał Górny (2021-07-06) # Upstream changed license to GPL-3+ in order to deliberately cause # incompatiblity with revdep licenses. Mask until the situation # is resolved. Bug #791259. >=media-libs/libopenaptx-0.2.1 # 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 # Sam James (2021-03-03) # Doesn't seem to sync clock correctly # in some cases. # bug #772998 ~net-misc/openntpd-6.8_p1 # 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 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2018-10-07) # Masked for more testing especially of reverse-deps. # ogre 1.11/1.12 breakage: bug #834468 # ogre 2.x breakage: bug #740424 >=dev-games/ogre-1.11.2 # Andreas K. Hüttel (2018-09-11) # Mask transition ebuilds that were needed only for (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 # 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 sys-devel/nvptx-tools sys-devel/clang-crossdev-wrappers