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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 --- # Arthur Zamarin (2021-08-20) # Inactive upstream. # Fully superseded by dev-python/dnspython. All reverse dependencies support # and recommend usage of dev-python/dnspython. # No other distros package it anymore. # Removal on 2021-09-19. Bug #809239. dev-python/pydns # Sam James (2021-08-18) # Fails to build with glibc-2.34. End of maintenance # upstream was declared in 2007. Several other serious # bugs open. Removal on 2021-09-19. # bug #711088, bug #775944, bug #790680, bug #806953. net-analyzer/netwox net-analyzer/netwag # Sam James (2021-08-17) # Fails to build with >= Boost 1.73, so broken for well over a year. # Several open bugs: bug #722882, bug #742290, bug #808673. # Removal on 2021-09-17. sys-fs/e4rat # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-08-15) # Broken since Perl 5.22, bug 662318. Removal in 30 days. dev-perl/POE-API-Peek # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-08-15) # Broken-ish, upstream unmaintained, only one un-used revdep. # Removal in 30 days. Bug 623674. dev-perl/MooseX-Types-DateTime-ButMaintained dev-perl/MooseX-Types-DateTimeX # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-08-15) # Broken for years, see bug 642466. No reverse dependencies, # no easy fix. Removal in 30 days. dev-perl/Perlbal-XS-HTTPHeaders # David Seifert (2021-08-13) # Dead upstream, new "forked" upstream that just added the last version # on Github but doesn't maintain them. Unmaintained for the past 10 # years in ::gentoo, no other real distros package these anymore. # HOMEPAGE leads to some scammy site. # Bug #318143, #626666, #626668, Removal in ~30 days. dev-libs/libbrahe dev-libs/libcoyotl dev-libs/libevocosm app-benchmarks/acovea app-benchmarks/acovea-gtk # Agostino Sarubbo (2021-08-12) # Latest release 2012, not anymore useful for current routers # Removal in ~30 days. app-crypt/WiRouterKeyRec # Joonas Niilola (2021-08-11) # Broken since 2016. Latest upstream release 2014, no ebuild activity # from maintainer since 2016, EAPI-5 and the rest. HOMEPAGE leads to # some scammy site. Removal in ~30 days. #584668 dev-util/emilpro # Joonas Niilola (2021-08-11) # A library without revdeps, broken for a long time. No maintainer # reply. Package not updated in Gentoo since 2016 even though upstream # is still active. Removal in ~30 days. #774147 dev-libs/caliper # Joonas Niilola (2021-08-11) # Broken with gcc >=10, even the latest upstream release fails with # gcc-11. Unmaintained. Removal in ~30 days. #739904 app-office/plan # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-08-10) # EAPI-5, dead, unused; last consumer dropped in bug #352952 # Removal on 2021-09-09. net-print/libgnomecups # Joshua Kinard (2021-08-09) # Dead upstream and has build issues in modern times. # See bugs #551786 and #715846. Removal in 30 days. net-dialup/xc # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-08-09) # EAPI-5, dead, unused; bug #776403. Removal on 2021-09-08. dev-perl/Goo-Canvas x11-libs/goocanvas:0 # Louis Sautier (2021-08-07) # No reverse dependencies, no upstream activity for more than 5 years, # failing tests with Python 3.10. Removal on 2021-09-06. dev-python/pydiff # Stephan Hartmann (2021-08-06) # Dev channel releases are only for people who # are developers or want more experimental features # and accept a more unstable release. >=www-client/chromium-94 # Ulrich Müller (2021-08-06) # Masked for removal in 30 days. Upstream has joined the # manpages-l10n project, so 5.06 was their ultimate release # as a separate package. Use app-i18n/man-pages-l10n[l10n_it] # as replacement. Bug #769017. app-i18n/man-pages-it # David Seifert (2021-08-05) # Dead upstream, last release over 5 years ago, multiple # build issues, fails to build with GCC 11. Use something like # sci-biology/abyss or canu as a modern day replacement. # Bug #610094, #715874, #731860, #739486, removal in 30 days. sci-biology/wgs-assembler # David Seifert (2021-08-05) # Unmaintained, tons of issues, fails to build with GCC 11. # Bug #631598, #690024, #735960, #749038, #761415, #761667, # #778557, #786789, #799179, removal in 30 days. app-backup/bareos dev-libs/bareos-fastlzlib dev-python/bareos # Sam James (2021-08-05) # Fails to build with GCC 11. No activity upstream. # bug #740308, bug #789816. Removal on 2021-09-05. app-eselect/eselect-audicle app-eselect/eselect-miniaudicle media-sound/audicle # Sam James (2021-08-04) # Fails to build with GCC 11. No activity upstream since 2008. # bug #730692, bug #787866. Removal on 2021-09-04. dev-scheme/ypsilon # Sam James (2021-08-04) # Fails to build with GCC 11. Library with no reverse-dependencies. # bug #731254, bug #787905. Removal on 2021-09-04. net-libs/openmq-cclient # Sam James (2021-08-04) # Fails to build with GCC 11, no activity upstream. # bug #729106, bug #786648. Removal on 2021-09-04. app-backup/zbackup # Sam James (2021-08-04) # Fails to build with GCC 11, large number of open bugs, # no activity upstream. bug #692806, bug #694674, bug #712832, # bug #725166, bug #740792, bug #788637, bug #798042. # Removal on 2021-09-04. net-misc/stargazer # Sam James (2021-08-04) # Fails to build with GCC 11 and has Boost incompatibility issues. # bug #741646, bug #792993. Removal on 2021-09-04. sci-physics/sassena # David Seifert (2021-08-04) # Last release over 4 years ago, upstream pretty much dead, the # ecosystem has switched to dev-util/pkgconf, which is alive. Testing # and prefix bugs, blocks WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.12 removal. # (If you hit blockers, please run: # $ emerge --deselect dev-util/pkgconfig # This is necessary as your world file should not contain dependencies.) # Bug #245228, #632124, #691268, #767853, removal in 30 days. dev-util/pkgconfig # David Seifert (2021-08-04) # Last release 11 years ago, XDG env issue, no revdeps, blocks # WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.11 removal, last major distro to package this. # Bug #586586, removal in 30 days. media-libs/memphis # David Seifert (2021-08-04) # Last release 16 years ago, multiple build failures, unmaintained, # upstream disappeared, last distro that still packages this. # Bug #722376, #742938, #742941, removal in 30 days. app-i18n/libtabe app-i18n/xcin # David Seifert (2021-08-04) # Last release 7 years ago, multiple test failures, unmaintained, # last distro that still packages this. # Bug #629610, #646690, removal in 30 days. dev-libs/hyperleveldb dev-libs/replicant # Andreas Sturmlechner (2021-08-02) # Two years after the tracker was opened it is time to mask dev-qt/qtwebkit # for good. No commits to upstream repository for >9 months, latest available # tarball still "alpha" with warning about known unpatched vulnerabilities. # Bugs: #684580, #685750, #709858, #740416 dev-qt/qtwebkit:5 app-text/fb2edit mail-client/trojita (2021-08-01) # Fails to compile, multiple open bugs. # No activity upstream since 2015. # bug #570484, bug #715412, bug #723204. # Removal on 2021-09-01. sys-apps/lmctfy # Sam James (2021-08-01) # Fails to build with network-sandbox and variety # of other open bugs. Unmaintained. # bug #632638, bug #688530, bug #709992, bug #757768, # bug #796920. Removal on 2021-09-01. sys-apps/habitat # David Seifert (2021-08-01) # Dropped into ::gentoo, then unmaintained. Multiple versions behind # upstream, GCC 11 bug open, lacks python 3.10, python library without # revdeps. Bug #790137, #792870, removal in 30 days. sci-libs/sktime # David Seifert (2021-08-01) # Last release 10 years ago, EOL upstream, no other distro packages this # anymore, tons of bugs. Revdeps are unmaintained too and out of date. # Bug #798015, removal in 30 days. sci-biology/ncbi-tools sci-biology/njplot sci-biology/psipred sci-chemistry/mars sci-libs/rosetta-fragments # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-07-31) # Obsolete; all versions in current Perl core distributions # are newer, and no virtuals currently pull these packages. # Removal in 30 days. perl-core/ExtUtils-MakeMaker perl-core/ExtUtils-Manifest perl-core/File-Path perl-core/Getopt-Long perl-core/HTTP-Tiny perl-core/JSON-PP perl-core/libnet # David Seifert (2021-07-30) # games-engines/renpy has been gone for 6 months, the # eselect module has no use anymore and the ebuild has # QA issues. Bug #805275, removal in 30 days. app-eselect/eselect-renpy # Miroslav Šulc (2021-07-30) # these libs have no consumers, removal in 30 days # see bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/805152 dev-java/jgoodies-animation dev-java/jgoodies-binding dev-java/jgoodies-forms # 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 # Andrew Ammerlaan (2021-07-12) # Version 3.3.0 suffers from ridiculously high CPU usage, this version has # therefore been retracted upstream. # https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron/issues/2068 # https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron/issues/2070 =net-im/rocketchat-desktop-bin-3.3.0 # Craig Andrews (2021-07-10) # Masked until November, 2021 # This release adds enforcement of the Taproot protocol change to the Bitcoin # rules, beginning in November. Protocol changes require user consent to be # effective, and if enforced inconsistently within the community may compromise # your security or others! If you do not know what you are doing, learn more # before November. (You must make a decision either way - simply not upgrading # is insecure in all scenarios.) # To learn more, see https://bitcointaproot.cc >=net-p2p/bitcoind-0.21.1 >=net-p2p/bitcoin-qt-0.21.1 >=net-libs/libbitcoinconsensus-0.21.1 # Lars Wendler (2021-07-10) # Masked for testing >=mail-client/claws-mail-4.0.0 # Hans de Graaff (2021-07-09) # Mask ruby25 for removal. This version is no longer supported # upstream. Use a newer ruby version, e.g ruby26. # Masked for removal in 30 days. dev-lang/ruby:2.5 =dev-ruby/rubygems-2.7* dev-ruby/did_you_mean:2.5 # 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 # David Seifert (2021-07-01) # Berkeley DB slots that are long past EOL by Oracle, # maintenance burden, and no real path forward by Oracle. # Bug #792222, removal in 90 days. sys-libs/db:1 sys-libs/db:3 sys-libs/db:4.2 sys-libs/db:4.3 sys-libs/db:4.4 sys-libs/db:4.5 sys-libs/db:4.6 sys-libs/db:4.7 sys-libs/db:5.1 # Conrad Kostecki (2021-06-20) # New Minecraft server release needs at least Java 16, # which is currently not available in Gentoo. >=games-server/minecraft-server-1.17 # Davide Pesavento (2021-06-15) # Masked for revdep testing. >=dev-python/sip-6 >=dev-python/PyQt5-5.15.5_pre >=dev-python/PyQtWebEngine-5.15.5_pre >=dev-python/qscintilla-python-2.13 # Sam James (2021-06-12) # Masked until all reverse dependencies support # OCaml 4.12. # bug #795138 >=dev-lang/ocaml-4.12 =dev-ml/camlp4-4.12 # Bernard Cafarelli (2021-06-04) # Alpha versions of fetchmail 7 # Add support for OAUTH2 for those needing it =net-mail/fetchmail-7.0.0_alpha* # Sam James (2021-06-01) # Possible issues with new ALSA release # See bug #793410 =media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.5_p20210604 =media-libs/alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5 =media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.5-r1 =media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.2.5 =media-sound/alsa-utils-1.2.5-r1 # Michał Górny (2021-05-31) # Requires removed media-libs/opencv version. (2021-05-16) # Mask gcc-7 branch (ended upstream support). Please switch # to a fresher gcc branch. (2021-05-16) # Mask gcc-6 branch (ended upstream support). Please switch # to a fresher gcc branch. (2021-05-09) # Not working properly with cmake.eclass port # bug #788448 =app-arch/brotli-1.0.9-r3 # Sam James (2021-05-07) # Masked for testing. Two major releases ahead of last packaged version. # Please report bugs but this is experimental for now. # bug #731266 >=net-mail/cyrus-imapd-3.4.0 # David Seifert (2021-05-05) # Causes unsolvable package conflicts, bug #788310 >=media-libs/openexr-3 # Eray Aslan (2021-04-29) # Mask experimental software =mail-mta/postfix-3.7* # Ulrich Müller (2021-04-20) # Version 3.15 is broken with Emacs 27.2. =app-emacs/mic-paren-3.15-r0 # 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 # Lars Wendler (2021-04-08) # Masked for testing >=app-crypt/gnupg-2.3.0 # 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 # 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 >=sci-geosciences/qmapshack-1.16 # 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 (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 (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 # 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 # Stefan Strogin (2020-02-12) # Mask for testing revdeps. >=dev-games/mygui-3.4.0 # 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 sys-devel/automake:1.11 sys-devel/automake:1.12 # 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 # 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