Is this a circular dependency?

[Da51d]

I was trying to remove gnome keyring

[grknight]

For runtime, yes. For build time, no.
The virtual is not required at build time and app-crypt/libsecret lists the virtual as a post-install dependency as to not confuse portage.

If you want to possibly remove them, place all 4 package atoms on the command-line together

[Da51d]

Thanks grknight, I think perhaps it might be impossible after all

[Hu]

app-crypt/pinentry only requires app-crypt/gcr if USE=gtk is set. You say you want to remove gnome-keyring. As I read your output, if you build app-crypt/pinentry with USE=-gtk, that will remove the requirement for gcr, which will let you remove gcr, libsecret, secret-service, gnome-keyring.

Whether you are willing to remove the gtk+ related functionality of pinentry is a separate question. I use pinentry without gtk+, and have been satisfied with it.

[Da51d]

Thanks Hu, I tried rebuilding app-crypt/pinentry with USE=-gtk, and removed one version of gcr, but another was retained as a dependency of gnome-base/gvfs, which is required for apps like thunar and evince. It isn't important, I was just trying to do a bit of "housekeeping", but the house is as tidy as it can be, it seems. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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