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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 --- # Ulrich Müller (2022-06-30) # Pretest versions, masked for testing. ~app-editors/emacs-28.1.90 ~app-editors/emacs-28.1.91 ~app-editors/emacs-28.1.92 # Marek Szuba (2022-06-30) # A GNOME 2-era library with no consumers left in the tree, marked # as deprecated since March 2022. Removal in 30 days (Bug #855299). gnome-extra/gtkhtml # Piotr Karbowski (2022-06-26) # Abandoned upstream, depends on API that no longer exists. # Removal on 2022-07-26. dev-python/jikanpy # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-25) # Obsolete slot. Use a newer slot instead. # Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/hashie:3 # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-25) # Obsolete slot. Use a newer slot instead. # Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/marcel:0 # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-25) # Obsolete slot. 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Removal on 2022-07-21. dev-python/pygpgme # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # Obsolete slot. Use a newer slot instead. # Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/tomlrb:1 # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # Obsolete slot. Use a newer slot instead. # Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/ttfunk:1.6 # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # Obsolete slot. Use the "3" slot instead which provides a single slot # for all compatible versions. Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/xdr:3.0.1 # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # Obsolete slot. Slot 2 provides support for all rails versions # currently available. Removal in 30 days. dev-util/cucumber-rails:1 # Sam James (2022-06-19) # Unsupported by upstream, no updates in a long time, # vulnerable to issues fixed in the main firejail package. # bug #834601. # Please migrate to sys-apps/firejail. Removal on 2022-07-19. sys-apps/firejail-lts # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # ruby26-only, fails tests, no longer maintained upstream, # no reverse dependencies. Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/best_in_place # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # ruby26-only, no tests, no reverse dependencies # Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/cinch # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # ruby26-only, fails tests, last upstream release in 2020, # no reverse dependencies. Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/dotenv # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # ruby26-only, no longer maintained upstream, # no reverse dependencies. Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/origin # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-19) # ruby26-only, fails tests, no longer maintained upstream, # no reverse dependencies. Removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/packetfu # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2022-06-19) # Unused java libraries. Removal on 2022-07-19 dev-java/netty-transport dev-java/netty-buffer dev-java/netty-common # John Helmert III (2022-06-19) # Untouched by maintainer since Git transition. No reverse dependencies, # unused by upstream, vulnerable. Removal in 30 days. Bug #678705 dev-libs/libvterm-neovim # Hans de Graaff (2022-06-18) # Obsolete ruby26-only slots. Please use a newer slot instead. # Masked for removal in 30 days. dev-ruby/autoprefixer-rails:9 dev-ruby/sass:3.5 dev-ruby/slim:0 # William Hubbs (2022-06-17) # Dead upstream, please use dev-util/github-cli # Bug #845921 # Removal: 2022-07-17 dev-util/cligh # Ulrich Müller (2022-06-16) # Last release in 2002. The distfile cannot be redistributed # and is no longer available upstream. Use media-gfx/imagemagick # ("convert" with eps2 or eps3 output format) as replacement. # Masked for removal in 30 days. Bug #851708. media-gfx/jpeg2ps # John Helmert III (2022-06-15) # Open security bug with patches for years. Upstream seems dead since # 2020. Removal on 2022-07-15. Bug #718550. sys-cluster/csync2 # Michał Górny (2022-06-13) # Upstream has discontinued the fork. No revdeps. They recommend using # the original editdistance (not packaged on Gentoo) # or dev-python/ukkonen. # Removal on 2022-07-13. Bug #851678. dev-python/editdistance-s # Sam James (2022-06-10) # Masked for removal on 2022-07-10. No upstream activity in a long time, # no reverse dependencies, and Gentoo maintains a huge number of patches # w/ no hope of them being upstreamed. Bug #850958. dev-cpp/commoncpp2 # Michał Górny (2022-06-08) # pulseaudio-dlna has not seen any upstream activity since 2017, # and has had its last release in 2016. It does not feature a non-live # ebuild. # Removal on 2022-07-08. Bug #813990. net-misc/pulseaudio-dlna # Andreas K. Hüttel (2022-06-05) # Ages old, abandoned upstream, and server installs now provide an # actually useful webmail interface. Removal in 30 days. mail-client/novell-groupwise-client # Michał Górny (2022-06-05) # The current version in Gentoo is broken with modern pytest. The new # version (from Dec 2021) fails tests with modern pyflakes. No revdeps. # Removal on 2022-07-05. Bug #834816. dev-python/pytest-flakes # Michał Górny (2022-06-05) # Barely any upstream activity since 2017. The LICENSE in ebuild # is incorrect and the package bundles sources with non-free license. # No revdeps. # Removal on 2022-07-05. Bug #849824. dev-python/polygon # Michał Górny (2022-06-05) # Pending bump since January. No Python 3.10 compat. Tests restricted. # Uses PEP517-incompatible hacks to build. Hard requires dev-db/mysql # (and blocks dev-db/mariad). No revdeps in Gentoo. # Use dev-python/mysqlclient instead. # Removal on 2022-07-05. Bug #845756. dev-python/mysql-connector-python # Michał Górny (2022-06-02) # The current Gentoo version requires setup.py to exist which breaks # the new versions of its revdeps. The new upstream release is broken # by design and requires installing setuptools in a virtualenv (enjoy # pep517) to get the package's version, so fails without Internet. # No reply on the bug for 3 months already. # Removal on 2022-07-02. Bug #834534. dev-python/jaraco-packaging # Sam James (2022-06-02) # No reverse dependencies, uses long-deprecated and abandoned nose for tests, # no upstream activity in years. Removal on 2022-07-02. dev-python/chai # Matt Turner (2022-05-30) # libwacom-2 broke ABI compatibility; reverse dependencies need to be updated. # Bug #848501 >=dev-libs/libwacom-2.0 >=x11-drivers/xf86-input-wacom-1.0 # 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. (2022-05-20) # Unused slots of cucumber components that are no longer or were never # used by current cucumber versions. Masked for removal in 30 days. dev-util/cucumber-core:9 dev-util/cucumber-create-meta:4 dev-util/cucumber-cucumber-expressions:10 dev-util/cucumber-gherkin:18 dev-util/cucumber-gherkin:20 dev-util/cucumber-html-formatter:13 dev-util/cucumber-html-formatter:16 dev-util/cucumber-messages:13 dev-util/cucumber-messages:14 dev-util/cucumber-messages:15 dev-util/cucumber-tag-expressions:2 dev-util/cucumber-tag-expressions:3 dev-util/cucumber-wire:5 # Matt Turner (2022-04-30) # Masked for testing. Apparently causes crashes. Bug #841857. >=x11-libs/libX11-1.8 # 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 # Alfredo Tupone (2022-04-27) # New release of janestreet packages need to tested dev-ml/sexplib0:0/0.15 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 # Marek Szuba (2022-04-14) # Singularity has been renamed upstream to Apptainer. Therefore, up-to-date # versions of this software are now available as app-containers/apptainer. sys-cluster/singularity # Sam James (2022-04-13) # 2.35.2 was a quick release to mitigate a security issue (bug #838127), but # introduces problems of its own with e.g. Portage. bug #838223. Pending # investigation both on the Portage side and potentially upstream (as there's # at least some UX issues with 2.35.2+ with the new "safe directory" mechanism). # Earlier versions are still safe as long as you do not use git commands # on a local repository controlled by a user you do not trust. >=dev-vcs/git-2.35.2 # 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. net-p2p/arti # Stephan Hartmann (2022-05-29) # Dev channel releases are only for people who # are developers or want more experimental features # and accept a more unstable release. >=www-client/chromium-104 # Anton Fischl (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. (2022-02-08) # Not maintained, open bugs, upstream outdated. # Removal after 2022-07-01. Bug #832953. x11-misc/easystroke # Eray Aslan (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 # Georgy Yakovlev (2021-12-14) # AT&T decided to roll back community changes in March 2020 # for version 2020.x.x # This version is no longer maintained. # New version is maintained at https://github.com/ksh93/ksh # and is available as app-shells/ksh-1.0.0_beta1 at time of writing. ~app-shells/ksh-2020.0.0 # Sam James (2021-12-01) # OSL 12 is a development release (for now). # Doesn't work with LLVM 13 yet; mask to help # Blender compatibility (no mixed LLVM versions). =media-libs/osl-1.12* # 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. net-libs/libsoup:3.0 # 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