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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 --- # Hans de Graaff (2024-10-06) # Obsolete slot without reverse dependencies. Use the newer slot # instead. Removal on 2024-11-08. dev-ruby/base64:0.1 # Andrew Ammerlaan # 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 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2024-10-05) # Masked for removal in 30 days. Broken since KF6 incapacitated # breeze-icons-rcc, but no one even complained. Upstream porting # effort stalled indefinitely: # https://invent.kde.org/office/kexi/-/issues/152 # Removal on 2024-11-04. app-office/kexi dev-db/kdb dev-libs/kproperty dev-libs/kreport kde-frameworks/breeze-icons-rcc # Sebastian Pipping (2024-10-03) # Masked for removal in 30 days. Last release in 2021, # last commit two years ago, has open bugs, .. (bug #940725). # Also removing its two dependencies that have no other # reverse dependencies in Gentoo or known use outside of Lurch. net-libs/libaxc net-libs/libomemo x11-plugins/lurch # 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. (2024-09-29) # This package has not been updated since Python 3.11.2. It bundles # part of Python stdlib that's most likely vulnerable by now, as well # as some third-party packages. And it really needs a dedicated # maintainer. # Removal on 2024-10-29. Bug #910612. dev-python/brython # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2024-09-28) # Nothing depends on it. Removal on 2024-10-28. dev-java/ant-core # Eli Schwartz (2024-09-22) # Unmaintained, abandoned upstream, does not compile with GCC 14. # Removal on 2024-10-22. Bug #874732. dev-util/biew # Robin H. Johnson (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 # Michał Górny (2024-09-21) # Discontinued upstream. Since 7.3.17, only 2.7 and 3.10 are released. # Vulnerable. # Removal on 2024-10-21. Bug #939951. dev-python/pypy3_9 dev-python/pypy3_9-exe dev-python/pypy3_9-exe-bin # Michał Górny (2024-09-21) # Unmaintained. Broken with >=dev-python/pytest-8. # Replaced by dev-python/pytest-lazy-fixtures. No revdeps left. # Removal on 2024-10-21. Bug #939420. dev-python/pytest-lazy-fixture # Andreas Sturmlechner (2024-09-20) # No more revdeps after app-accessibility/kontrast:5 cleanup. # Removal on 2024-10-20. dev-db/futuresql5 # Eli Schwartz (2024-09-19) # Breaks parallel builds with fatal compiler errors. # Bug #939798, #939875. =dev-python/ensurepip-setuptools-75.1.0 =dev-python/setuptools-75.1.0 # Hans de Graaff (2024-09-14) # Obsolete slots that were used for older cucumber version but that no # longer have reverse dependencies. Removal on 2024-10-14. dev-util/cucumber-compatibility-kit:10 dev-util/cucumber-core:12 dev-util/cucumber-gherkin:22 # Hans de Graaff (2024-09-14) # Old slots that are not compatible with ruby32. Use the newer slots # instead. Removal on 2024-10-14. dev-ruby/hiera-eyaml:3 dev-util/aruba:0 # Arthur Zamarin (2024-09-10) # ia64 only package. Since we drop ia64, we can remove this package. # Removal on 2024-10-10. Bug #939298. sys-apps/salinfo # Ulrich Müller (2024-09-12) # Pretest versions, masked for testing. (2024-09-09) # Upstream has dropped this package since MATE 1.28. # Removal on 2024-10-09. Bug #932568. mate-extra/mate-netbook # Eli Schwartz (2024-09-09) # Fails to build with modern C. Unmaintained for 20 years. # Removal on 2024-10-09. Bug #877105, #927389. sci-chemistry/mopac7 # Sam James (2024-09-10) # Breaks libstdc++ with a casing issue: https://gcc.gnu.org/PR116657 =sys-libs/timezone-data-2024b # Andreas Sturmlechner (2024-09-09) # No revdeps for years, KF5-based. Removal on 2024-10-09. net-libs/libmediawiki # Alfredo Tupone (2024-06-09) # These packages are no more needed. Use dev-ml/dune-private-libs # that include these # remove on 2024-10-08. Bug #939339 dev-ml/stdune dev-ml/ordering dev-ml/dyn # Michał Górny (2024-09-08) # Does not build anymore. No upstream activity since 2021. # Removal on 2024-10-08. Bug #932532. sci-physics/qmeq # Andreas Sturmlechner (2024-09-07) # These packages are EOL in Plasma 6. # Removal on 2024-10-07. (2024-09-02) # exim_tinydb utility crashes due to invalid free() (used in startup script) =mail-mta/exim-4.98 # Florian Schmaus (2024-08-23) # Has a serious bug that causes synced directories to end up world read- # and writeable. See https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/6863 >=net-misc/nextcloud-client-3.13.1 # Ionen Wolkens (2024-08-11) # >=1.1.14 enables usage of explicit sync (with >=nvidia-drivers-560 # and compositors that supports like kwin-6), which currently seems # to be causing too many problems ranging from application crashes # and potential VRAM leaking (even with the fixes in 1.1.15) and may # be better left masked for the time being. It can hwoever solve # flicking/stutter issues on some setups so users may want to unmask # if heavily affected (bug #937773). >=gui-libs/egl-wayland-1.1.14 # Pacho Ramos (2024-08-09) # Mask until we find out a way to deal better with the upstream # introduced circular dep, bug #937616 >=dev-libs/glib-2.80 >=dev-util/glib-utils-2.80 >=dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.80 >=gnome-base/gnome-shell-46 >=gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions-46 >=gnome-base/nautilus-46 >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.80 >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.80 >=x11-terms/ptyxis-46 # Eli Schwartz (2024-07-29) # Bad version can result in failing builds. Please upgrade to 72.1.0. =dev-python/ensurepip-setuptools-72.0.0 =dev-python/setuptools-72.0.0 # Alfred Wingate (2024-07-24) # Includes change that breaks firewalld notably. # # https://git.netfilter.org/nftables/commit/?id=93560d0117639c8685fc287128ab06dec9950fbd # https://github.com/firewalld/firewalld/issues/1366 # https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/Zp7FqL_YK3p_dQ8B@egarver-mac/ =net-firewall/nftables-1.1.0 # Leonardo Hernández Hernández (2024-07-07) # New major ffmpeg version. Tracker bug #928905. >=media-video/ffmpeg-7.0 # Joonas Niilola (2024-07-04) # libxml2-2.13.1 removed "deprecated" symbols that other (older) # packages depend upon. It can be mitigated with a --with-legacy # configure option, but it's still not a perfect fix. Bug #935452 # to track and work on tree-wide support. Masking the exact version # so we can revbump the package with a fix. =dev-libs/libxml2-2.13.1 =dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.41 # Sam James (2024-06-25) # Subvolume printing is broken: https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/829 =sys-fs/btrfs-progs-6.9.1 # Sam James (2024-06-25) # The symbol versioning "fix" breaks anything built with 3.0.0. =dev-libs/libassuan-3.0.1 # Cédric Krier (2023-06-15) # critical regression with potential data loss: # https://lists.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2024-June/297954.html # Bug #934138 ~dev-vcs/mercurial-6.7 ~dev-vcs/mercurial-6.7.1 ~dev-vcs/mercurial-6.7.2 ~dev-vcs/mercurial-6.7.3 # Alfredo Tupone (2024-06-09) # Not ready for testing >=dev-lang/ocaml-5 dev-ml/sexplib0:0/0.17 dev-ml/ocaml_intrinsics:0/0.17 dev-ml/ocaml_intrinsics_kernel:0/0.17 dev-ml/base:0/0.17 dev-ml/fieldslib:0/0.17 dev-ml/stdio:0/0.17 >=dev-ml/ocaml-compiler-libs-0.17 >=dev-ml/ppxlib-0.32.1 dev-ml/ppx_cold:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppxlib_jane dev-ml/ppx_compare:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_enumerate:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_globalize:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_sexp_conv:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_hash:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_base:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_fields_conv:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_fixed_literal:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_here:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_let:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_sexp_message:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_sexp_value:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_assert:0/0.17 dev-ml/jane-street-headers:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_optcomp:0/0.17 dev-ml/jst-config:0/0.17 dev-ml/time_now:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_inline_test:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_bench:0/0.17 dev-ml/splittable_random:0/0.17 dev-ml/base_quickcheck:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_stable:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_string:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_expect:0/0.17 dev-ml/parsexp:0/0.17 dev-ml/sexplib:0/0.17 dev-ml/variantslib:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_variants_conv:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_log:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_ignore_instrumentation:0/0.17 dev-ml/typerep:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_typerep_conv:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_tydi:0/0.17 dev-ml/capitalization:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_string_conv:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_stable_witness:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_pipebang:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_optional:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_module_timer:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_disable_unused_warnings:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_custom_printf:0/0.17 dev-ml/bin_prot:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_bin_prot:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_jane:0/0.17 dev-ml/gel:0/0.17 dev-ml/ppx_diff:0/0.17 dev-ml/int_repr:0/0.17 dev-ml/base_bigstring:0/0.17 dev-ml/core:0/0.17 dev-ml/uopt:0/0.17 dev-ml/core_kernel:0/0.17 dev-ml/timezone:0/0.17 dev-ml/sexp_pretty:0/0.17 dev-ml/expect_test_helpers_core:0/0.17 dev-ml/core_unix:0/0.17 dev-ml/async_kernel:0/0.17 dev-ml/async_unix:0/0.17 dev-ml/protocol_version_header:0/0.17 dev-ml/async_rpc_kernel:0/0.17 dev-ml/async_log:0/0.17 dev-ml/textutils:0/0.17 dev-ml/async:0/0.17 >=dev-ml/labltk-8.06.14 dev-ml/patience_diff:0/0.17 >=dev-ml/ppx_deriving-6.0.2 dev-ml/ppx_js_style:0/0.17 # Michał Górny (2024-06-08) # Prereleases of Xfce 4.20. Masking upon popular request, due to # a large number of regressions in every new release. >=dev-build/xfce4-dev-tools-4.19 >=xfce-base/exo-4.19 >=xfce-base/garcon-4.19 >=xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.19 >=xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.19 >=xfce-base/libxfce4windowing-4.19.5 >=xfce-base/thunar-4.19 >=xfce-base/tumbler-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfce4-appfinder-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfce4-power-manager-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfconf-4.19 >=xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.19 # Sam James (2024-04-28) # Masked for testing. Tracker bug: bug #930805. >=sys-libs/ncurses-6.5 # Michał Górny (2024-04-11) # Contains a bug that could render the kernel fail to boot. # https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202403221630.2692c998-oliver.sang@intel.com/ # The fix is: # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e7d24c0aa8e678f41457d1304e2091cac6fd1a2e =sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.6.26 =sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.6.26 =sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.6.26 =sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.8.5 # 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 # Eray Aslan (2024-03-10) # Mask experimental software =mail-mta/postfix-3.10* # 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 # Sam James (2023-05-10) # Lots of package breakage as usual for new versions. Masked until most/all # reverse dependencies are fixed. Tracker bug is bug #906077. >=dev-libs/libfmt-10 >=games-emulation/dolphin-2407 # 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 until at least December 2026). # # 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 # 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 # 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