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Loper (2019-07-01) ## # Masking these versions until we can get the ## # v4l stuff to work properly again ## =media-video/mplayer-0.90_pre5 ## =media-video/mplayer-0.90_pre5-r1 # # - Best last rites (removal) practices - # Include the following info: # a) reason for masking # b) date of removal # c) bug # for the removal (and yes you should have one) # # See GLEP 84 for the full description of the format. # ## Example: ## ## # Dev E. Loper (2019-07-01) ## # Doesn't work with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells funny. ## # Removal on 2019-08-01. Bug #987654. ## app-misc/some-package #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- # David Seifert (2026-02-10) # Abandoned, sguil-sensor already removed, blocks bug #868468. # Removal on 2026-03-12. net-analyzer/sguil-client # David Seifert (2026-02-10) # Noone packages this anymore, dead upstream, C23 and QA issues. # Removal on 2026-03-12. Bug #945039. net-misc/lanmap # David Seifert (2026-02-10) # Noone packages this anymore, dead upstream, fails tests on newer GCC. # Removal on 2026-03-12. Bug #963013. net-libs/libpcapnav # Noone packages this anymore, dead upstream, lots of C23 and QA issues. # Removal on 2026-03-12. Bug #945187. net-analyzer/trafshow # David Seifert (2026-02-10) # Removed by most distros, upstream disappeared, lots of QA and packaging # issues. Removal on 2026-03-12. Bug #945190. net-analyzer/tcptrace # Removed by most distros, last release over 20 years ago, C23 issues. # Removal on 2026-03-12. Bug #945193. net-analyzer/labrea # David Seifert (2026-02-10) # Removed by most distros, upstream disappeared, lots of QA and packaging # issues. Removal on 2026-03-12. Bug #943786. net-analyzer/echoping # Sam James (2026-02-09) # Only needed by last-rited hyprland stack. Out-of-date by quite a few # versions. Removal on 2026-03-11. dev-cpp/glaze # Sam James (2026-02-09) # This suite of packages is currently best placed in an overlay/external # repository where users can more easily contribute. The ecosystem moves # quickly and users expect even the live ebuilds to be updated apace. # # The rate of change as well as new packages requiring review places a heavy # combined with users (not unreasonably) wanting fresh versions of the software # places strain on the proxy-maint team. Pressure being put on proxied maintainers # to create and quickly have PRs merged doesn't facilitate the level of # testing for ::gentoo either. # # An unofficial 'hyproverlay' repository has been created at # https://codeberg.org/hyproverlay/hyproverlay.git # for communal maintenance of these packages as well as several new # (unpackaged in ::gentoo) dependencies. It can be enabled with: # $ emerge -an app-eselect/eselect-repository # $ eselect repository enable hyproverlay # $ emerge --sync # # Quite out-of-date, many open bugs, and needs several new dependencies. # Removal on 2026-03-11. gui-libs/aquamarine gui-libs/hyprutils gui-libs/hyprland-qt-support gui-libs/hyprcursor dev-util/hyprwayland-scanner dev-libs/hyprlang dev-libs/hyprland-protocols dev-libs/hyprgraphics gui-wm/hyprland # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-09) # Broken for ages with dev-libs/boost-1.85 but no one except tinderbox # complained, still needs porting to Python 3.13, no revdeps. Upstream # available 2025.1 claims to fix at least boost, but needs a maintainer. # Bugs #936978, #952658. Removal on 2026-03-11. sci-chemistry/votca # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-09) # Broken for >1 year with dev-libs/boost-1.87 but no one except tinderbox # complained, no revdeps. Upstream disappeared, almost no one else is # packaging this. Bug #946533. Removal on 2026-03-11. net-analyzer/sinfo # Michał Górny (2026-02-09) # setuptools-82 removes pkg_sources, inevitably leading to breakage. >=dev-python/ensurepip-setuptools-82 >=dev-python/setuptools-82 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-08) # All remaining KF5 revdeps have been masked. # Removal some time after 2026-02-15. kde-frameworks/karchive:5 kde-frameworks/kauth:5 kde-frameworks/kbookmarks:5 kde-frameworks/kcmutils:5 kde-frameworks/kcodecs:5 kde-frameworks/kcompletion:5 kde-frameworks/kconfig:5 kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets:5 kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons:5 kde-frameworks/kcrash:5 kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons:5 kde-frameworks/kdeclarative:5 kde-frameworks/kded:5 kde-frameworks/kdoctools:5 kde-frameworks/kglobalaccel:5 kde-frameworks/kguiaddons:5 kde-frameworks/ki18n:5 kde-frameworks/kiconthemes:5 kde-frameworks/kio:5 kde-frameworks/kitemviews:5 kde-frameworks/kjobwidgets:5 kde-frameworks/knotifications:5 kde-frameworks/kpackage:5 kde-frameworks/kservice:5 kde-frameworks/kwallet:5 kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons:5 kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem:5 kde-frameworks/kxmlgui:5 kde-frameworks/solid:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-08) # All remaining KF5-based applications have been masked. # Removal on 2026-02-28. kde-plasma/kwayland-integration:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-08) # KF5/Qt5 integration is no longer worth it. # Removal some time after 2026-02-15. kde-plasma/kwayland:5 kde-plasma/breeze:5 kde-plasma/plasma-integration:5 kde-plasma/oxygen:5 kde-frameworks/frameworkintegration:5 kde-frameworks/knewstuff:5 kde-frameworks/attica:5 kde-frameworks/kirigami:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-08) # Deprecated since Qt 5.5, no more revdeps. Bug #915779 # Removal on 2026-02-28. dev-qt/qtscript:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-08) # Stuck on Qt5Script in the foreseeable future. Until a Qt6 release is # ready, app-editors/okteta-0.26.60_pre* snapshots will be provided for # ~arch, main limitation being the structures tool disabled from build # (it requires the biggest, remaining porting effort). Double-check to # backup your data before modifying files with okteta snapshots. # If you rely on the structures tool or are affected by a critical bug in # our okteta snapshots, the alternative is using the Flatpak version. # Bug #962280. Removal some time after 2026-02-15. app-editors/okteta:5 kde-frameworks/kitemmodels:5 # Andreas Sturmlechner (2026-02-08) # Stuck on Qt5/PyQt5 in the foreseeable future. Until a Qt6 release is # ready, krita-6.0.0 pre-releases will be provided for ~arch. # If you rely on krita for professional work or plugins only available in # krita-5, your options are Flatpak or snap, or downloading upstream's own # 64-bit AppImage - see also: https://krita.org/download/ # Bug #955168. Removal some time after 2026-02-15. media-gfx/krita:5 kde-apps/libkdcraw:5 kde-apps/libkexiv2:5 kde-frameworks/kimageformats:5 # David Seifert (2026-02-07) # Never packaged by other distros, QA and C23 issues. # Removal on 2026-03-09. net-analyzer/traceproto # David Seifert (2026-02-07) # -Wformat and C23 issues, no other distro packages this anymore. # Removal on 2026-03-09. net-analyzer/mping # David Seifert (2026-02-07) # Abandoned upstream, no other distro packages this anymore, lots of QA and # build issues. Removal on 2026-03-09. Bug #945191. net-analyzer/nttcp # David Seifert (2026-02-06) # Abandoned upstream, no other distro packages this anymore, lots of QA and # build issues. Removal on 2026-03-08. Bug #899932. net-analyzer/ipcad # David Seifert (2026-02-06) # Upstream disappeared, no other distro packages this anymore, lots of QA and # build issues. Removal on 2026-03-08. Bug #680718. net-analyzer/arp-sk # Arthur Zamarin (2026-02-06) # Marked as pre-release post release itself. Released without # maintainer ACK. # See-Also: https://github.com/emersion/slurp/issues/187 # Bug #969685 =gui-apps/slurp-1.6.0 # Michał Górny (2026-01-24) # Needs porting to Python 3.13. Requires old versions of multiple # dependencies, and reportedly is already broken with its current # dependencies. The efforts to revive it do not progress. # Removal on 2026-02-23. Bug #944883, #952290, #955765, #968383. dev-embedded/platformio # Maciej Barć (2026-01-24) # Some app-emacs packages that are obsolete since Emacs 29 or much # older. They all are available in the main GNU Emacs distribution. # Removal on 2026-02-24. Bug #969199. app-emacs/bind-key app-emacs/csharp-mode app-emacs/css-mode app-emacs/eglot app-emacs/jsonrpc app-emacs/python-mode app-emacs/use-package # Sam James (2026-01-22) # eclean-dist -d needs fixing =app-portage/gentoolkit-0.7 # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2026-01-22) # Requires ebuilds to be carry MAVEN_ID / MAVEN_PROVIDES information # which is time-consuming and error-prone to add manually. # Removal on 2026-02-22. # Bug #966194, #907208, #906665, #796242, #794028, #656354. app-portage/java-ebuilder # Ulrich Müller (2026-01-18) # Obsolete since Emacs 29, per upstream README.md. Use the "docker" # method from the integrated tramp-container package as replacement. # Removal on 2026-02-17. Bug #968938. app-emacs/docker-tramp # Eray Aslan (2025-12-24) # Mask experimental software =mail-mta/postfix-3.12* # Eli Schwartz (2025-12-15) # This version has lit a firecracker under the community and attracted # some ire. The situation is in a state of mild flux, and more generally # requires further consideration to determine the correct course of # action. Use at your own risk. >=app-text/calibre-8.11.0 # Michał Górny (2025-12-12) # Upstream has switched to LLM-first coding which has already caused # a number of suspicious bugs. At this point, new versions # of the packages cannot be trusted to be safe to use. Furthermore, # the maintenance cost of dealing with packaging bugs alone # is overwhelming to human maintainers of this package. >=dev-python/autobahn-25.10 >=dev-python/txaio-25.10 # Sam James (2025-11-25) # Generates session keys with weak (no) randomness. Please re-encrypt # any data/messages using this librnp version. <0.18 is fine as is >=0.18.1. # See bug #966299. =dev-util/librnp-0.18.0 # Sam James (2025-10-13) # Crashes in memtodest when handling PATH. Not yet reported upstream. =app-shells/dash-0.5.13.1 # Michał Górny (2025-10-12) # Requires Rust with RUST_SYSROOTS=bpf, which isn't currently supported # by dev-lang/rust-bin. Also needs net-proxy/mitmproxy-linux updates. >=dev-util/bpf-linker-0.9.15-r1 # Lukas Schmelting (2025-10-03) # Breaks e.g. in combination with gnome-shell-48.4, gettext/gjs (bug #963815) >=dev-libs/glib-2.86.0 >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.86.0 >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.86.0 >=dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.86.0 >=dev-util/glib-utils-2.86.0 # Sam James (2025-09-21) # Breaks (common) mt7921e WiFi driver with a hang in many cases, affecting # not just network. See bug #963106. =sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20250917 =sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20251011 # Andreas K. Hüttel (2025-07-04) # Obsolete Perl virtuals that will be removed (the list is work in progress). # If you have any of these installed, just remove them; they should not be # required anymore. virtual/perl-bignum virtual/perl-HTTP-Tiny virtual/perl-IO-Zlib virtual/perl-Locale-Maketext virtual/perl-Math-BigInt-FastCalc virtual/perl-Math-BigRat virtual/perl-Math-Complex virtual/perl-Module-Load-Conditional virtual/perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta virtual/perl-Params-Check perl-core/Params-Check virtual/perl-Term-ReadLine virtual/perl-Unicode-Collate virtual/perl-Unicode-Normalize # Michał Górny (2025-06-29) # File collision against gnome-base/gnome-keyring[pam], which is # required via pambase. Masked until the maintainer determines a good # solution. Bug #959274. =app-crypt/libsecret-0.21.7-r1 # Sam James (2025-06-12) # Breaks several applications (bug #957943) >=dev-python/pygobject-3.52 >=net-im/gajim-2.3.0 # Sam James (2025-06-08) # Masked for testing (bug #957583). >=sys-devel/gettext-0.24 >=dev-libs/libintl-0.24 # Sam James (2025-06-03) # Fetching from GitHub seems broken with this: # > Connecting to github.com|20.26.156.215|:443... connected. # > ERROR: cannot verify github.com's certificate, issued by 'CN=Sectigo ECC Domain Validation Secure Server CA,O=Sectigo Limited,L=Salford,ST=Greater Manchester,C=GB': # > Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority. # See bug #963400. =app-misc/ca-certificates-20250419.3.112 # Sam James (2025-05-26) # Breaks some reverse dependencies and is abandoned upstream (bug #956630). =dev-cpp/glog-0.7.1 # Sam James (2025-05-23) # Severe memory leak (bug #953874) =app-i18n/ibus-anthy-1.5.17 # Alfred Wingate (2025-05-17) # Masked for testing dev-db/mysql:8.4 # Michał Górny (2025-04-19) # This package will no longer feature stable keywords, due to unresolved # test failures blocking the stabilization request for months. (2025-04-01) # 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* # Michał Górny (2025-03-17) # Xfce 4.22 prereleases. Masked because they tend to be quite unstable. >=app-office/orage-4.21 >=dev-build/xfce4-dev-tools-4.21 >=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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 12 and older no longer receive upstream support or fixes for # bugs. Please switch to a newer GCC version using gcc-config. # # The earliest supported version of GCC is GCC 13, but 11/12 remain unmasked # for now to ease sys-devel/gcc[d] bootstrapping. (2024-06-25) # The symbol versioning "fix" breaks anything built with 3.0.0. >=dev-libs/libassuan-3.0.1 # Michał Górny (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 # 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 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 # 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