commit:     c50a22fdc08bae8912987c41138658341e4ef845
Author:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 27 11:55:26 2025 +0000
Commit:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Feb 27 11:55:26 2025 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c50a22fd

package.mask: mask virtual/perl-Net-Ping for removal

Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 7e8c17a905cc..e056df92e5df 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Andreas K. Hüttel <[email protected]> (2025-02-27)
+# We have collected a lot of barely used Perl virtuals over time
+# (they effectively only make sense with version dependencies).
+# Time to clean up. In ebuilds, just depend on dev-lang/perl.
+# The following are masked for eventual removal:
+virtual/perl-Net-Ping
+
 # Andreas Sturmlechner <[email protected]> (2025-02-26)
 # Last release in 2005, last commit in 2013, dead as can be - does not
 # start, does not build, bugs #914927, #927337, #946657.

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