Hi, All in a sudden, sys-libs/zlib and app-arch/bzip2 are required to have static-libs to upgrade:
Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r11:0/1::gentoo USE="(split-usr) static-libs* -static" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB [ebuild U ] dev-lang/go-1.13.9:0/1.13.9::gentoo [1.13.8:0/1.13.8::gentoo] 21,192 KiB [ebuild R ] sys-libs/zlib-1.2.11-r2:0/1::gentoo USE="minizip (split-usr) static-libs*" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB [ebuild U ] net-libs/gnutls-3.6.13:0/30::gentoo [3.6.7-r1:0/30::gentoo] USE="cxx dane idn nls openssl seccomp tls-heartbeat -doc -examples -guile -pkcs11 -sslv2 -sslv3 -static-libs -test (-test-full) -tools -valgrind" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 5,820 KiB Total: 4 packages (2 upgrades, 2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 27,011 KiB The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by dev-libs/elfutils-0.177::gentoo # required by virtual/libelf-3::gentoo # required by dev-libs/glib-2.60.7-r2::gentoo # required by gnome-extra/polkit-gnome-0.105-r2::gentoo # required by sys-auth/polkit-0.115-r4::gentoo[gtk] # required by sys-fs/udisks-2.8.4::gentoo # required by media-sound/mpd-0.21.20::gentoo[udisks] # required by @selected # required by @world (argument) >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.11-r2 static-libs # required by dev-libs/elfutils-0.177::gentoo[bzip2] # required by virtual/libelf-3::gentoo # required by dev-libs/glib-2.60.7-r2::gentoo # required by gnome-extra/polkit-gnome-0.105-r2::gentoo # required by sys-auth/polkit-0.115-r4::gentoo[gtk] # required by sys-fs/udisks-2.8.4::gentoo # required by media-sound/mpd-0.21.20::gentoo[udisks] # required by @selected # required by @world (argument) >=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r11 static-libs Would you like to add these changes to your config files? [Yes/No] Why is this needed? I prefer to keep dynamic libs on my systems. Thanks, -- Alarig