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Loper (2019-07-01) ## # Masked for removal in 30 days. Doesn't work ## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells ## # funny. (bug #987654) ## app-misc/some-package #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- # Matt Turner (2022-10-01) # Depends on lots of unmaintained packages: # - app-text/gnome-doc-utils # - dev-libs/libunique:1 # - dev-util/gob # - x11-libs/gtk+:2 # Last commit to upstream repository in 2015. Most plugins saw their last # upstream commit 10+ years ago. Unmaintained in Gentoo since 2016. Many open # bugs: #582138, #686800, #689364, #721246, #799263, #808447, #808450, #808456, # #831024. # Removal on 2022-11-01 media-sound/gmpc media-plugins/gmpc-alarm media-plugins/gmpc-albumview media-plugins/gmpc-avahi media-plugins/gmpc-awn media-plugins/gmpc-discogs media-plugins/gmpc-extraplaylist media-plugins/gmpc-jamendo media-plugins/gmpc-last-fm media-plugins/gmpc-libnotify media-plugins/gmpc-lyrics media-plugins/gmpc-lyricwiki media-plugins/gmpc-magnatune media-plugins/gmpc-mdcover media-plugins/gmpc-mmkeys media-plugins/gmpc-mserver media-plugins/gmpc-playlistsort media-plugins/gmpc-shout media-plugins/gmpc-tagedit # Matt Turner (2022-10-01) # Metapackage that has outlived its purpose. Made some sense in the immediate # aftermath of X.Org modularization 15 years ago. # Removal on 2022-11-01. Bugs #755233, #872119. x11-base/xorg-x11 # Brian Evans (2022-09-30) # Mask RC versions for initial testing (2022-09-29) # Unfetchable mirror-restricted distfile. No action from maintainer # in over a year. # Removal on 2022-10-29. Bug #789477. games-simulation/bcs-demo # Stephan Hartmann (2022-09-29) # Dev channel releases are only for people who # are developers or want more experimental features # and accept a more unstable release. >=www-client/chromium-108 # Sam James (2022-09-26) # Masked for testing. Please report bugs! =app-shells/bash-5.2* =sys-libs/readline-8.2* # Michał Górny (2022-09-26) # Bundles a vulnerable version of dev-libs/expat. The current Gentoo # version is from 2014, pending bump to the last upstream release # from 2016. Effectively unmaintained. EAPI 6. # Removal on 2022-10-26. Bug #253517. games-sports/torcs # Ionen Wolkens (2022-09-25) # This version been causing major issues for some RTX 30xx users and # no real reason not to stick to 515.65.01 for now (but feel free to # unmask if it's been fine). # https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75995 # https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/bug-report-black-x11-screen-and-partial-lockup-when-upgraded-to-515-76-and-dual-rtx3060 ~x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.76 # Piotr Karbowski (2022-09-25) # No package in tree depends on dev-python/ssh2-python. Masked for removal. # Removal on 2022-10-25. dev-python/ssh2-python # Andreas Sturmlechner (2022-09-23) # Unmaintained upstream, obsolete after introduction of kde-misc/markdownpart. # Removal on 2022-10-23. kde-misc/kmarkdownwebview # Andreas Sturmlechner (2022-09-23) # Broken after Google stopped accepting "Less Secure Apps". # https://github.com/Intika-KDE-Plasmoids/plasmoid-ultimate-gmail-feed/issues/32 # Use kde-misc/gmail-feed instead; removal on 2022-10-23. kde-misc/ultimate-gmail-feed # John Helmert III (2022-09-18) # Unfixed root privilege escalation, bug #631552 sys-cluster/slurm # Michał Górny (2022-09-18) # Obsolete in favor of building via PEP517 mode. Buggy. No revdeps # left in ::gentoo. # Removal on 2022-10-18. Bug #871522. dev-python/pyproject2setuppy # Pacho Ramos (2022-09-18) # ABRT environment keeps breaking more and more on non-Fedora systems. # Removal: 2022-10-18. Bugs #849305, #849092, #849095, #713858. app-admin/abrt app-admin/gnome-abrt dev-libs/libreport dev-libs/satyr # Pacho Ramos (2022-09-18) # Unmaintained for a long time and unneeded with current pulseaudio and # pipewire versions. # Removal: 2022-10-18. media-sound/pulseaudio-modules-bt # Joonas Niilola (2022-09-16) # This theme has been incorporated to enlightenment-0.25, and with # 0.24 removed from Gentoo's git tree, this ebuild is useless. Removal # in 30 days. #870355 x11-themes/e-flat-theme # Joonas Niilola (2022-09-15) # Upstream split this font into separate packages: media-fonts/ # source-code-pro, source-sans, source-serif. The current non-split # version is broken. Removal in 30 days. #865103 media-fonts/source-pro # Mike Gilbert (2022-09-12) # repoman is no longer maintained and has been removed from the portage # git repository. Please use dev-util/pkgcheck and dev-util/pkgdev instead. # Removal on 2022-11-11. Bug #835013. app-portage/repoman # Michał Górny (2022-09-11) # Bad quality package with failing tests. No revdeps. # Removal on 2022-10-11. Bug #869650. dev-python/pytest-pylint # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-10) # Python 3.8 only. EAPI=6 ebuild. 5 open bugs. Issues with newer # dependencies versions. # Removal: 2022-10-10. Bugs #869524, #684334. net-analyzer/flent # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-10) # Python 3.8 only package. Tests are disabled. Newer targets fail # more tests then 3.8 target. # Removal: 2022-10-10. Bug #869521. net-nds/nsscache # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-10) # Python 3.8 only package, with inactive since 2017 upstream. # Tests fail and doesn't work on newer python targets. # Removal: 2022-10-10. Bug #869512. dev-python/python-etcd # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-10) # Python 3.8 only package, with capped old dependencies, and open # bugs and issues. # Removal: 2022-10-10. Bugs #869506, #695090, #792219, #809272. net-misc/electrum-ltc # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-10) # Upstream repository archived. Python 3.8 only, with issues for # newer targets. No reverse dependencies in tree. # Removal: 2022-10-10. Bugs #869503, #747997, #832242. dev-python/SaltTesting # Matthias Schwarzott (2022-09-08) # Breaks kernel builds with BTF enabled. # Bug #868762. =dev-util/pahole-1.24 # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-07) # Python 3.8 only package, no maintainer left. # Removal: 2022-10-07. Bug #869107. www-apps/blohg # Arthur Zamarin (2022-09-07) # Python 3.8 only package, 2 open bugs. Recommended to migrate to borg. # No upstream activity since 2015. # Bugs #674822, #830291, #832240 # Removal: 2022-10-07. Bug #869101. app-backup/attic # Mike Gilbert (2022-09-05) # Crash due to double-free. # https://bugs.gentoo.org/868567 =sys-apps/gawk-5.2.0 # Marc Schiffbauer (2022-09-02) # Dead upstream, open bugs, removal in 30 days # bugs #829447, #836227, #862504 mail-filter/sigh # hololeap (2022-08-21) # doctest-parallel does not currently work with Setup.hs (used internally by # haskell-cabal.eclass) # See: dev-haskell/doctest-parallel # Andrew Ammerlaan (2022-08-12) # Masked for testing, depends on dev-qt/qt*:6 # Pyside6 is stuck on python3_10 for the moment being dev-python/shiboken6 dev-python/pyside6 dev-python/pyside6-tools # Jimi Huotari (2022-08-02) # Masked for testing. The split of some packages may still # change. bug #838970. dev-python/PyQt6 dev-python/PyQt6-WebEngine dev-qt/qt5compat:6 dev-qt/qtbase:6 dev-qt/qtdeclarative:6 dev-qt/qtimageformats:6 dev-qt/qtlocation:6 dev-qt/qtmultimedia:6 dev-qt/qtnetworkauth:6 dev-qt/qtpositioning:6 dev-qt/qtquick3d:6 dev-qt/qtquicktimeline:6 dev-qt/qtserialport:6 dev-qt/qtshadertools:6 dev-qt/qtsvg:6 dev-qt/qttools:6 dev-qt/qtwayland:6 dev-qt/qtwebchannel:6 dev-qt/qtwebengine:6 dev-qt/qtwebsockets:6 # Fabian Groffen (2022-07-02) # Segfaults handling SPF validations (warn on permerror), like the # previous release, better not to trust your important mail to ~mail-mta/exim-4.96 # Sam James (2022-05-28) # GCC 9 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 10. (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 # Alfredo Tupone (2022-04-27) # New release of janestreet packages need to tested dev-ml/sexplib0:0/0.15 dev-ml/sexplib:0/0.15 dev-ml/base:0/0.15 dev-ml/stdio:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_sexp_conv:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_enumerate:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_compare:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_hash:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_cold:0/0.15 dev-ml/parsexp:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_base:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_fields_conv:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_here:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_let:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_sexp_message:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_sexp_value:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_assert:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_optcomp:0/0.15 dev-ml/time_now:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_inline_test:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_bench:0/0.15 dev-ml/splittable_random:0/0.15 dev-ml/base_quickcheck:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_bin_prot:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_custom_printf:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_disable_unused_warnings:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_expect:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_fixed_literal:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_log:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_module_timer:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_optional:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_stable:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_string:0/0.15 dev-ml/typerep:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_typerep_conv:0/0.15 dev-ml/variantslib:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_variants_conv:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_jane:0/0.15 dev-ml/int_repr:0/0.15 dev-ml/base_bigstring:0/0.15 dev-ml/ppx_js_style:0/0.15 dev-ml/core:0/0.15 dev-ml/core_kernel:0/0.15 dev-ml/sexp_pretty:0/0.15 dev-ml/expect_test_helpers_core:0/0.15 dev-ml/timezone:0/0.15 dev-ml/core_unix:0/0.15 dev-ml/textutils_kernel:0/0.15 dev-ml/textutils:0/0.15 dev-ml/async_kernel:0/0.15 dev-ml/protocol_version_header:0/0.15 dev-ml/async_rpc_kernel:0/0.15 dev-ml/async_unix:0/0.15 dev-ml/async:0/0.15 dev-ml/async_extra:0/0.15 dev-ml/core_bench:0/0.15 dev-ml/patience_diff:0/0.15 dev-util/patdiff:0/0.15 =dev-ml/alcotest-1.6.0* # David Seifert (2022-04-06) # Unsupported branches, no consumers left, removal on 2023-01-01. sys-devel/automake:1.13 sys-devel/automake:1.15 # John Helmert III (2022-03-13) # Arti is not a production-ready Tor client. According to upstream, "do # not use this program yet if you seriously need anonymity, privacy, # security, or stability." Feel free to unmask if this is not a # necessity. (2022-02-23) # Version 2.5.* is not meant for production according to upstream =app-backup/burp-2.5* # Maciej Barć (2022-02-20) # Masked for testing, builds and passes tests but randomly segfaults, # meaningless backtrace, debugging (flags, symbols) do not help >app-shells/scsh-0.6.9 # Zoltan Puskas (2022-02-18) # Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-{23803,23804,23946,23947}) # 5.X series is masked to avoid accidental use, but it's kept for # industrial users who are in the process of migrating to the new # format of the 6.X series. (2022-01-24) # Mask experimental software =mail-mta/postfix-3.8* # James Beddek (2022-01-19) # FFmpeg 5.0 ABI/API changes break many packages. # Masking for tracker/tinderbox. Bug #831437 =media-video/ffmpeg-5* # 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 # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2021-11-23) # Does not support updated dev-java/pdfbox-2.0.24, Bug #803488 # Blocks (CVE-2018-11797, CVE-2021-{27807,27906,31811,31812}) dev-tex/pdfannotextractor # 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 # Mart Raudsepp (2021-09-23) # Incompatible with c++17 abseil-cpp, no in-tree consumers yet media-libs/webrtc-audio-processing:1 # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-09-18) # sys-devel/automake version 1.11 is EOL and is only useful for testing # old de-ANSI-fication/ansi2knr/AM_C_PROTOTYPES code. Please uninstall. sys-devel/automake:1.11 # Mart Raudsepp (2021-09-15) # New major parallel-installable release which needs special care to not # end up loaded into the same process together with the earlier libsoup ABI. # Migration to it is expected for GNOME 42, NOT to be unmasked with GNOME 41. >=app-arch/file-roller-43 >=dev-libs/gjs-1.74 >=dev-libs/libgweather-4.2.0 >=dev-python/nautilus-python-4.0 >=dev-util/devhelp-43 >=gnome-base/gnome-desktop-43 >=gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-43 >=gnome-base/gnome-shell-43 >=gnome-base/nautilus-43 >=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-3.46 >=gnome-extra/evolution-ews-3.46 >=gnome-extra/gnome-calculator-43 >=gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-43 >=mail-client/evolution-3.46 >=mail-client/geary-43 media-libs/libshumate net-libs/libsoup:3.0 net-libs/rest:1.0 net-libs/uhttpmock:1.0 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 sci-geosciences/geocode-glib:2 >=sci-geosciences/gnome-maps-43 >=x11-wm/mutter-43 # Thomas Deutschmann (2021-09-07) # Masked while being tested and reverse deps aren't fully compatible # bug #797325. =dev-libs/openssl-3.0* =dev-libs/openssl-compat-1.1.1* =dev-libs/gost-engine-3.0* # Joonas Niilola (2021-07-29) # Upstream provided migration instructions from 2. -> 3. update, # breaks if not all at least many revdeps. #805011 for tracker bug. >=net-libs/mbedtls-3.0.0 # 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 # Ulrich Müller (2021-04-20) # Version 3.15 is broken with Emacs 27.2. =app-emacs/mic-paren-3.15-r0 # 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 # 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 # 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/scim-sunpinyin-3.0.0_rc1 # 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 (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 # 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* # 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