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-rw-r--r--pym/_emerge/__init__.py10
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diff --git a/pym/_emerge/__init__.py b/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
index 0d730b783..17e130c22 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
@@ -1685,6 +1685,16 @@ class depgraph(object):
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:
try:
for db, pkg_type, built, installed, db_keys in dbs: