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diff --git a/bin/emerge b/bin/emerge
index 1397e2bd7..cdf020f44 100755
--- a/bin/emerge
+++ b/bin/emerge
@@ -1996,6 +1996,16 @@ class depgraph:
portage.writemsg("!!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details.\n")
portage.writemsg("!!! (Did you specify a version but forget to prefix with '='?)\n")
return (0,[])
+ # Don't expand categories or old-style virtuals here unless
+ # necessary. Expansion of old-style virtuals here causes at
+ # least the following problems:
+ # 1) It's more difficult to determine which set(s) an atom
+ # came from, if any.
+ # 2) It takes away freedom from the resolver to choose other
+ # possible expansions when necessary.
+ if "/" in x:
+ arg_atoms.append((x, x))
+ continue
try:
mykey = None
if "--usepkg" in self.myopts: