# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 # New entries go on top. # This file is only for generic masks. For arch-specific masks (i.e. # mask everywhere, unmask on arch/*) use arch/base. # Matt Turner (2022-03-25) # Depends on libsoup:3.0 >=gnome-base/gvfs-1.50 http # Craig Andrews (2022-03-25) # Requires as of yet unreleased QUIC support in OpenSSL net-libs/ngtcp2 openssl # Andreas Sturmlechner (2022-03-07) # Requires PMASKED dev-libs/device-atlas-api-c, bug #770499 net-proxy/haproxy device-atlas # Sam James (2022-03-02) # Needs masked version of ogre (>=1.12), bug #825330 >=dev-games/mygui-3.4.1 ogre # Sam James (2022-02-21) # Needs build system love to make LLVM support work. # bug #745915 sci-libs/symengine llvm # Marek Szuba (2022-02-07) # Deprecated back-end with known stability and data-corruption issues, # likely to be removed in gramps-5.2.0. app-misc/gramps berkdb # Jason A. Donenfeld (2022-02-04) # We're still ironing out some kinks and writing documentation for # this feature, so keep masked for now. media-video/pipewire system-service media-video/wireplumber system-service # Sam James (2021-01-24) # USE=custom-cflags is _particularly_ dangerous on sys-libs/glibc and # can result in not just build-time failures for glibc itself, but # runtime crashes. The effect of using USE=custom-cflags globally in make.conf # isn't the same as it is for just glibc specifically. sys-libs/glibc custom-cflags # Sam James (2022-01-12) # Unmask PCH for now for GCC to avoid unnecessary rebuilds # (USE=pch is now use.mask-ed globally) (2021-12-31) # Rizin tests require a tarball of binaries of ambiguous license. # As such, we cannot properly test it, so mask the flag until this # situation is resolved. dev-util/rizin test # Sam James (2021-12-27) # Doc building is broken and no new releases in a long time. # bug #830013 sci-libs/flann doc # Joonas Niilola (2021-12-20) # Broken, upstream issue/PR open since 2021-05 without reply. # Gentoo bug #821253 media-video/mjpg-streamer http-management # Wolfgang E. Sanyer (2021-12-01) # Requires pandoc, which is unstable due to various haskell dependencies # (including ghc) >=sys-apps/exa-0.10.1 man # Sam James (2021-11-26) # Needs unpackaged asciidoctor-pdf for now # bug #827290 >=app-doc/kicad-doc-6.0.0_rc1 pdf # Volkmar W. Pogatzki (2021-11-23) # pdfannotextractor gets masked as it does not support # updated dev-java/pdfbox-2.0.24, Bug #803488 app-text/texlive pdfannotextractor # Conrad Kostecki (2021-10-23) # Build tools is currently broken, so masking until upstream fixes # See https://voidpoint.io/terminx/eduke32/-/issues/206 games-fps/eduke32 tools # Georgy Yakovlev (2021-10-16) # openjfx for openjdk17 is not yet available dev-java/openjdk:17 javafx # Sam James (2021-10-16) # Fails to compile, bug #787134 =sys-fs/dd-rescue-1.99.11 cpu_flags_x86_avx2 # Marek Szuba (2021-10-10) # Legacy interface that depends on dev-libs/libx86 and specific kernel # headers, both of which are only available on certain arches. x11-misc/read-edid vbe-mode # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-10-09) # ld.gold is essentially abandoned; using it as default may have # unintended consequences. Disabling this feature in future ebuilds. >sys-devel/binutils-2.37_p1 default-gold >sys-devel/binutils-hppa64-2.37_p1 default-gold # Georgy Yakovlev (2021-10-07) # parallel-compiler feature is not tested by upstream # and is not recommended for general usage and may silently # miscompile code if used (unlikely, but not impossible) # feel free to unmask, but be prepared to deal with possible bugs # https://bugs.gentoo.org/813954 # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/89108 dev-lang/rust parallel-compiler # Stephan Hartmann (2021-09-16) # Uses a function that is not available in media-video/ffmpeg. >=www-client/chromium-94 system-ffmpeg # Petr Vanek (2021-09-12) # rspamd-3.0 segfaults a lot with jemalloc enabled (Bug #810337) # It is caused by -Wl,--as-needed linker flag, # see also: https://github.com/rspamd/rspamd/issues/3871 >=mail-filter/rspamd-3.0 jemalloc # Matt Turner (2021-08-28) # Mask experimental options. gui-libs/gtk ffmpeg vulkan # Marek Szuba (2021-07-14) # Even on a clean install, 8 phdf5 tests fail (Bug #808612) # Mask for further study. >=sci-libs/hdf5-1.12.1 mpi # Sam James (2021-07-24) # USE=exec-static-trampoline can break consumers due to # faulty assumptions. Masked for now due to the possibility # of breaking systems. # https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/576259af17d008d4ec935f69a9049af7 # bug #801109 dev-libs/libffi exec-static-trampoline # Marek Szuba (2021-07-14) # Makes two tests fail (when linked against openmpi, at least) due to # incorrect implementation of either MPI support itself or said tests: # - example_drv_facto0_d_reentrant tries to initialise MPI more than once, # - test_bvec_gemv_tests calls MPI_Query_thread() after invocation of MPI_FINALIZE. # This might be a problem with pastix-5 as well but those versions have # got very limited test coverage so even if the problem is there, it # doesn't trigger test failures. >=sci-libs/pastix-6.0.0 mpi # Alfredo Tupone (2021-06-27) # lto does not work on dev-lang/gnat-gpl-2021 dev-lang/gnat-gpl:10 lto # Mike Gilbert (2021-06-14) # Avoid running failing tests by default. sys-kernel/dracut test # Michał Górny (2021-05-31) # Requires Python 3.7 and old SciPy. (2021-05-09) # Dependency requires sys-apps/systemd. Will only be unmasked in systemd target. kde-plasma/plasma-meta firewall # Joonas Niilola (2021-04-12) # Creates +130 GB worth of bindings, possibly Gentoo-related. # Upstream issue: https://phab.enlightenment.org/T8924 dev-libs/efl mono # Sam James (2021-04-09) # Crashes at runtime. # Mask LTO for now until issue with Qt # (to be resolved in Wireshark?) is resolved # bug #754021 net-analyzer/wireshark lto # Sam James (2021-04-09) # Fails to build right now # bug #651740 net-misc/openssh debug # Michał Górny (2021-03-06) # LLVM 9 has been removed. (2021-02-17) # PCRE JIT support via dev-libs/libpcre2[jit] is only available for certain architectures dev-lang/php jit # Sam James (2021-02-07) # Fails to build with USE=doc for now. # Needs rework to use Python eclasses # for conditional doc dependencies. # bug #759523 sci-libs/gdal doc # Lars Wendler (2021-01-26) # Fails to build: # # TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | check_nsmodules | libxul.so | NSModules are not ordered appropriately # www-client/seamonkey lto # Lars Wendler (2021-01-26) # Upstream considers this module being a high security risk # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_lua.html www-servers/apache apache2_modules_lua # Brian Evans (2021-01-07) # Block test deps on packages until they can be updated # Old phpunit does not work with new PHP and last is vulnerable (2021-01-04) # Doc generation is broken, needs gtkdoc-mktmpl (gone from gtk-doc) # bug #723438 app-i18n/enca doc # Rick Farina (2020-12-21) # This use flag enables code which appears to be broken net-wireless/gr-osmosdr xtrx # Michał Górny (2020-12-18) # app-text/ots is masked for removal. Bug #648964. app-office/abiword ots # Matt Turner (2020-12-05) # Relies on gtkdoc-mktmpl which was removed from gtk-doc-1.26 # Bug #740690 x11-libs/colord-gtk doc # Michał Górny (2020-12-04) # Mask the experimental targets in release ebuilds. # Note to self: remember to move still-applicable masks to the newer # version when master is bumped. (2020-11-30) # Vendored therecipe/qt violates network sandbox + uses external binary # Qt libraries; see https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/issues/16 # The qt module itself apparently can be made to build against system Qt5 # but making it do so while vendored is a non-trivial task. mail-mta/protonmail-bridge gui # Michał Górny (2020-09-27) # The respective dependencies are masked for removal. net-im/telepathy-connection-managers gadu icq meanwhile steam yahoo # Joonas Niilola (2020-09-23) # Highly experimental, may cause breakages when updating. Use with # caution! dev-libs/efl efl-one # Michał Górny (2020-09-09) # The respective dependencies are masked for removal. app-metrics/collectd collectd_plugins_onewire # Thomas Deutschmann (2020-08-17) # Only supported on 64bit systems, see storage/columnstore/CMakeLists.txt dev-db/mariadb columnstore # Michał Górny (2020-07-27) # These packages require Python 2 support in dev-python/sphinx. # They are generally fixable by adding py3 support and using # distutils_enable_sphinx to build docs. <=dev-python/lockfile-0.12.2-r2 doc # Brian Dolbec (2020-07-20) # Required dependencies are not yet in the Gentoo ebuild tree # Please file a bug if this feature is needed dev-python/autobahn xbr # Stephan Hartmann (2020-06-28) # Mostly intended for development and not for general use. >=www-client/chromium-84 headless # Mikle Kolyada (2020-06-21) # Multiple runtime crashes, see bug #724672 media-gfx/inkscape jemalloc # Stephan Hartmann (2020-16-06) # Mostly intended for debugging and development, # not recommended for general use. Build is also often # broken. www-client/chromium component-build # Ben Kohler (2020-04-29) # Dependency pam_wrapper missing for tests, and RESTRICT=test is already set net-fs/samba test # Mike Gilbert (2020-04-23) # Tests are very sensitive to the host environment. dev-util/meson test # Alfredo Tupone (2020-04-04) # Ada support is not yet ready for sys-devel/gcc sys-devel/gcc ada # Michał Górny (2020-03-28) # Requires masked dev-vcs/bzr. Remove the mask if breezy is packaged # and the package is confirmed to work with it. <=dev-util/rosinstall-0.7.8 test <=dev-util/wstool-0.1.18 test # Guilherme Amadio (2020-03-16) # Requires dev-libs/cudnn which is only available on amd64 sci-physics/root cudnn # Thomas Deutschmann (2020-03-11) # Encrypted Media Extensions (eme-free) can't be disabled everywhere mail-client/thunderbird eme-free www-client/firefox eme-free # Rick Farina (2020-02-26) # dev-python/pyzmq USE=doc deps are not met with python2_7 dev-python/pyzmq doc # Alexey Shvetsov (2019-12-24) # Gromacs python module install br0ken sci-chemistry/gromacs python # Michał Górny (2019-12-16) # Requires old x11-libs/fox:1.6 slot. dev-games/openscenegraph fox dev-libs/hidapi fox sci-mathematics/gsl-shell fox # Michał Górny (2019-12-04) # Packages requiring dev-python/ipython to build the docs and still # supporting Python 2.7. This can be resolved long term via either # using any-r1 API to build docs or cond-deps. dev-python/matplotlib doc dev-python/pandas doc dev-python/pandas-datareader doc dev-python/statsmodels doc # Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier (2019-12-01) # broken static-linking in glibc and maybe others >app-shells/mksh-57-r1 static # Andreas K. Hüttel (2021-07-14) # Upstream plans to drop libcrypt.so.1/crypt.h from glibc # distribution and rely on external providers like libxcrypt. # Here we are following that path too. >=sys-libs/glibc-2.33-r2 crypt (2019-09-12) # OpenSSL (as of version 1.1.1) doesn't have APIs for QUIC support # see https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8797 net-libs/ngtcp2 ssl net-misc/curl nghttp3 # Thomas Deutschmann (2019-09-02) # PGO not yet supported for comm-central, bug #693160 >=mail-client/thunderbird-68 pgo # Matt Turner (2019-09-01) # (2019-08-07) # Newer versions of nqp need newer versions of jdk to run on the jvm, # but these currently don't exist in gentoo. The USE flags have to be # kept around for dependency reasons from rakudo and friends. >=dev-lang/nqp-2019.07 java # Thomas Deutschmann (2019-08-03) # Early microcode loading is only supported on amd64 & x86 sys-kernel/linux-firmware initramfs # Lars Wendler (2019-07-26) # Requires dev-libs/gumbo which is only keyworded for amd64 and x86 mail-client/claws-mail litehtml # Ulrich Müller (2019-05-18) # Firmware images without a known license. Most likely, upstream # redistribution may conflict with the licenses or lack thereof # on the images. Check the WHENCE file in the package for specific # terms. Masked to prevent accidental installation of these files, # bug #318841#c20. sys-kernel/linux-firmware unknown-license # Virgil Dupras (2019-04-29) # Docs are temporarily broken. See bug #680014 dev-python/pandas doc # Ulrich Müller (2019-04-25) # Pulls in media-fonts/kochi-substitute as dependency, which allows # only non-commercial distribution and can therefore not be included # with Gentoo install media. Mask the l10n_ja flag until a better # solution is found, e.g., transition to a free font package. app-text/ghostscript-gpl l10n_ja # Michał Górny (2019-03-21) # x11-wm/afterstep is slated for removal. (2019-03-05) # Not keyworded on non-x86 arches app-admin/conserver freeipmi # William Hubbs (2019-01-13) # For memtest86+ mask the floppy use flag since it requires grub:0 which # is being removed # (bug #674364) sys-apps/memtest86+ floppy # Michał Górny (2018-11-28) # Requires last-rited games-server/ut2003-ded. games-fps/ut2003 dedicated # Alfredo Tupone (2018-11-18) # go brokes build of gnat-gpl dev-lang/gnat-gpl go # Alfredo Tupone (2018-10-24) # jit brokes build of gnat-gpl dev-lang/gnat-gpl jit # Virgil Dupras (2018-09-26) # Server feature in paramiko is patched out for security reasons. It can # be re-enabled with the 'server' USE flag, but this flag is hard # masked. bug #666619 dev-python/paramiko server # Andreas K. Hüttel (2018-08-03) # New and for Gentoo still quite experimental. You've been # warned. (Also, works only on x86_64 and with certain CPUs # and compiler/binutils combinations.) sys-devel/binutils cet sys-devel/binutils-hppa64 cet sys-devel/gdb cet sys-libs/binutils-libs cet sys-libs/glibc cet sys-devel/gcc cet # Michał Górny (2018-06-13) # Requires app-arch/snappy[static-libs] that is no longer available. # Bug #651606. sys-block/fio static # Michał Górny (2018-05-16) # Depends on last-rited sci-libs/coinhsl. sci-libs/ipopt hsl # Lars Wendler (2018-03-14) # sys-cluster/ceph is only available on amd64 & x86, unmask per arch net-fs/samba ceph # Jan Ziak <0xe2.0x9a.0x9b@gmail.com> (2018-03-14) # Mask local USE flag to satisfy repoman app-emulation/fuse backend-svga # Patrick McLean (2018-03-06) # Andreas K. Hüttel (2020-12-25) # Requires dev-libs/boost-1.72 that is gone (2018-03-05) # Mask embedded USE on virtual/mysql and friends to transition it to be obsolete virtual/mysql embedded # Brian Evans (2018-02-28) # Mask client-libs USE to force users to install alternative standard pacakges dev-db/mariadb client-libs dev-db/mysql client-libs # Andreas K. Hüttel (2018-02-02) # This feature is not ready yet pre-2.29-r4, see bug #146882 comment 26 (2018-01-10) # Failing tests, with extra deps that aren't keyworded due to that >=gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-3.24 test # Andrey Utkin (2017-12-29) # This flag can be sensibly enabled only on macos. # Can be unmasked in prefix/darwin/macos profiles. Bug #637482 media-video/ffmpeg appkit # James Le Cuirot (2017-12-17) # Georgy Yakovlev (2017-09-09) # Potentially destructive. Use it only if you know what you're doing. sys-libs/glibc vanilla # Michael Orlitzky (2017-08-24) # This is a security risk if not used carefully, bug #628596. net-analyzer/nrpe command-args # Michał Górny (2017-08-04) # sys-kernel/openvz-sources is being treecleaned wrt bug #580516. app-emulation/libvirt openvz # Mike Gilbert (2017-07-09) # Matthias Dahl (2017-07-05) # Both are not your typical garden-variety Linux programs and are # rather sensitive when it comes to compiler flags, resulting in # black screens, hangs or crashes. The average joe should have no # need or even advantage to set custom compiler flags at all. # Example: bug #619628 sys-boot/gnu-efi custom-cflags sys-boot/refind custom-cflags # Andreas K. Hüttel (2017-05-29) # Does not build sci-libs/linux-gpib php # Michał Górny (2017-05-15) # Mask ruby20-only compatible packages ~media-libs/libcaca-0.99_beta19 ruby # Matthias Maier (2017-05-11) # Globally mask pie use flag. Selectively unmask on specific profiles. sys-devel/gcc pie # Mike Gilbert (2017-02-16) # Multiple test failures. sys-boot/grub:2 test # Lars Wendler (2017-01-19) # Masked until system heimdal can finally be used with AD DC net-fs/samba system-heimdal # Robin H. Johnson (2016-12-04) # Additional HAProxy functionality waiting for related stuff to land in the # tree. # bug #541042 - lua 5.3 net-proxy/haproxy lua # bug (none) - 51Degrees net-proxy/haproxy 51degrees # bug (none) - WURFL net-proxy/haproxy wurfl # Pacho Ramos (2016-11-27) # Not rely on monodevelop, bug #596656 # dev-dotnet/zeitgeist-sharp is going to be removed, bug #582894 net-irc/hexchat theme-manager # Ulrich Müller (2016-10-15) # The --with-cairo option is considered as experimental by upstream # and causes problems with updating the X window, bug #592238 app-editors/emacs:25 cairo app-editors/emacs:26 cairo # Matthew Brewer (2016-06-02) # Currently broken upstream. >=dev-lang/rakudo-2016.05 java # Mike Frysinger (2016-05-08) # Most targets do not support VTV, bug #547040. sys-devel/gcc vtv # Matthew Brewer (2016-05-08) # Acked-by: Amy Liffey # Upstream supports using Clang's address sanitizer, but apparently # invokes it wrong. dev-lang/moarvm asan # James Le Cuirot (2016-04-10) # Slower and less reliable than HotSpot and we don't support Java on # any non-HotSpot platforms. Don't unmask these unless you know what # you're doing. This has upstream's approval. dev-java/icedtea cacao jamvm # Rick Farina (2015-10-06) # forward porting this patch is non-trivial, mask for now >=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.5 wimax # Justin Lecher (2015-09-22) # Downloads files during installation # https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533876 # Bernd Waibel (2021-03-26) # Fixed in vtk-9 (2015-08-18) # gcc[awt] is only used by gcj-jdk[awt] and that isn't needed by # anything in the tree. The toolchain folks aren't keen to support it # and it should probably only be used if you really know what you're # doing *and* your name is gnu_andrew. ;) See bug #531900. sys-devel/gcc awt dev-java/gcj-jdk awt # Mike Gilbert (2015-05-16) # dev-lang/python[berkdb] fails with recent multilib sys-libs/db (bug 519584). dev-lang/python berkdb # Lars Wendler (2015-03-19) # >=games-strategy/freeciv-2.5.0 requires >=dev-lang/lua-5.2 games-strategy/freeciv system-lua # Andrew Savchenko (2015-02-11) # Cluster code is still under development, only base functionality # is implemented. Masking for testing and evaluation. app-admin/clsync cluster mhash # Brian Evans (2014-11-29) # Strongly recommened by upstream to disable lzo and zlib due to memory leaks # https://github.com/groonga/groonga/issues/6 (Japanese) app-text/groonga lzo zlib # Jeroen Roovers (2014-11-18) # Requires dev-lang/lua-5.2 (bug #253269) net-analyzer/nmap system-lua # Mike Frysinger (2014-10-21) # Most targets do not support ASAN/etc... #504200. sys-devel/gcc sanitize # Mike Frysinger (2014-02-03) # Upstream says to not use this for now. dev-libs/elfutils threads # Gilles Dartiguelongue (2013-12-23) # Gstreamer support fails to build due to libtool shortcomings when using # an intermediate library as a dependency of another libtool target dependency. # Since this is new and unused yet, keep it masked for now and check # with upstream if there is something that can be done to fix the issue. media-libs/cogl gstreamer # Julian Ospald (2013-08-31) # Randomly breaks consumers at runtime. Do not report # gentoo bugs. media-libs/libsdl2 custom-cflags # Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn (2013-07-13) # GL/GLES support in cairo is mutually exclusive, bug #428770. x11-libs/cairo gles2-only # Kacper Kowalik (2013-05-19) # Fails to build, haven't had time to debug app-doc/doxygen sqlite # Bernard Cafarelli (2013-04-04) # Broken for now (segmentation fault on play) gnustep-apps/cynthiune flac # Richard Freeman (2013-03-24) # Dependency is masked for buffer overflows for now dev-python/pyocr cuneiform # Tom Wijsman (2013-03-10) # Experimental, masked until it compiles and works. media-libs/avidemux-core system-ffmpeg # Jory A. Pratt (2012-12-15) # PGO is known to be busted with most configurations www-client/firefox pgo # Diego Elio Pettenò (2012-08-27) # The libpci access is only used for linux. net-analyzer/net-snmp pci # Diego Elio Pettenò (2012-08-20) # The prevent-removal USE flag is only implemented for Linux. sys-auth/pam_mktemp prevent-removal # Bernard Cafarelli (2012-02-08) # libobjc2/clang experimental support >=gnustep-base/gnustep-make-2.6.2 libobjc2 # Samuli Suominen (2012-01-10) # This is required only for Linux, so mask it here and unmask in # default/linux/package.use.mask. Bug 354923. app-arch/libarchive e2fsprogs # Mike Frysinger (2011-12-06) # No one should be mucking with libssp unless they really know what they're # doing. Force extra work on the smart peeps to protect the not-so-smart. sys-devel/gcc libssp # Andrey Grozin (2011-03-29) # dev-lang/swig-2.0.2 with -octave generated .cpp files # incompatible with >=sci-mathematics/octave-3.4.0 sci-libs/mathgl octave # Diego E. Pettenò (2011-03-27) # Mask pdnsd's Linux-specific USE flags. net-dns/pdnsd urandom # Raúl Porcel (2011-02-13) # Masked until devs know how to use repoman (2010-04-13) # Masked because libsvm module is broken with this release on every arch. dev-lisp/clisp svm # Diego E. Pettenò (2010-01-18) # Don't use system-wide mode unless you *really* know what you're doing. # Keep it masked here so that I don't need to manage two versions every time. media-sound/pulseaudio system-wide # Alexis Ballier (2011-02-16) # Win32 specific useflag for vlc. Can be used for cross-compiling. media-video/vlc directx # Ross Charles Campbell (2020-09-21) # Since >=dev-games/ogre-1.11.2 is masked, mask contribovis USE to # make repoman happy media-libs/opencv contribovis # Tobias Klausmann (2021-04-16) # Newer (>=4.4.0) versions of Quodlibet have a different library structure, so # puddletag needs to be updated to handle that. media-sound/puddletag quodlibet