1) I have not had this problem
2) I dont have xfce4-places-plugin installed
3) This however is something I am also having trouble with. And I have still not found any solution.
I am also having trouble since xfce-extra/xfce4-mixer started to fail during build. (gentoo bug #628424)
[niklas@wst5500:~] 2s 1 % sudo emerge -uDNav --tree @world
These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.12::gentoo USE="mixer ristretto svg terminal thunar thunar-volman tumbler xfburn -minimal"
[ebuild N #] xfce-extra/xfce4-mixer-4.11.0::desktop-kit USE="alsa keybinder -debug -oss" 0 KiB
Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
(see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.12::gentoo
# required by @selected
# required by @world (argument)
# /var/git/meta-repo/kits/core-kit/profiles/package.mask/00-gentoo:
# Micha? G?rny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (21 Aug 2017)
# xfce4-mixer is discontinued upstream and no longer considered part
# of the DE since 4.12. It requires vulnerable gstreamer:0.10, and no
# longer builds with the development versions of core Xfce4 components.
# The suggested replacement is xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.
# Removal in 30 days. Bug #628424.
=xfce-extra/xfce4-mixer-4.11.0
NOTE: The --autounmask-keep-masks option will prevent emerge
from creating package.unmask or ** keyword changes.
Would you like to add these changes to your config files? [Yes/No] n
[niklas@wst5500:~] 53s 1 % sudo USE="-mixer" emerge -1av xfce4-meta
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "xfce4-meta" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.12::desktop-kit (masked by: invalid: RDEPEND: Invalid atom (xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin), token 31)
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
[niklas@wst5500:~] 10s 1 % equery l -p -o xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
* Searching for xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin ...
[--O] [ ] xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-0.2.4:0
[I-O] [ ] xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-0.2.5:0
[niklas@wst5500:~] 3s %
Is this something that's happening to you as well?