[SOLVED] Cannot USE=-dracut on sys-kernel/installkernel

Message

HeapasS420 · Post by **HeapasS420** » Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:22 pm

I wanted to try out ugrd as an initramfs generator on my new desktop due to its lighter dependencies in place of dracut which is what i usually use.
But when i try and emerge sys-kernel/installkernel with these use flags in /etc/portage/package.use/installkernel

Code: Select all

sys-kernel/installkernel ugrd grub -dracut

i get this error

Code: Select all

!!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-kernel/installkernel" has unmet requirements.
- sys-kernel/installkernel-63::gentoo USE="dracut grub ugrd -efistub -refind -systemd -systemd-boot -uki -ukify" ABI_X86="(64)"

  The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied:
    at-most-one-of ( dracut ugrd )

  The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression:
    systemd-boot? ( systemd ) ukify? ( uki ) at-most-one-of ( dracut ugrd )

Unless i set use flags with $USE environment variable before i emerge the package.

And here's what emerge --info returns, and my make.conf just incase you need any of it.

Code: Select all

Portage 3.0.77 (python 3.13.11-final-0, default/linux/amd64/23.0/hardened, gcc-15, glibc-2.42-r5, 6.18.10-gentoo-dist x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-6.18.10-gentoo-dist-x86_64-AMD_Ryzen_9_9950X3D_16-Core_Processor-with-glibc2.42
KiB Mem:    31948452 total,  18319728 free
KiB Swap:   16777212 total,  16777212 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:30:53 +0000
Head commit of repository gentoo: e5e858ef34f84290f91c27f6b7f6c1a55de04b78

sh bash 5.3_p9
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.45.1 p1) 2.45.1
app-misc/pax-utils:        1.3.10::gentoo
app-shells/bash:           5.3_p9::gentoo
dev-build/autoconf:        2.72-r6::gentoo
dev-build/automake:        1.18.1::gentoo
dev-build/cmake:           4.1.4::gentoo
dev-build/libtool:         2.5.4::gentoo
dev-build/make:            4.4.1-r102::gentoo
dev-build/meson:           1.9.2::gentoo
dev-lang/perl:             5.42.0-r1::gentoo
dev-lang/python:           3.13.11::gentoo, 3.14.0_p1::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout:       2.18::gentoo
sys-apps/openrc:           0.62.10::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox:          2.46::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils:        2.45.1::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.6::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:             15.2.1_p20260214::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:      2.12.2::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers:  6.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:            2.42-r5::gentoo
Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /var/db/repos/gentoo
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo
    priority: -1000
    volatile: False
    sync-git-verify-commit-signature: true

Binary Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /var/cache/binhost/gentoo
    priority: 1
    sync-uri: https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/binpackages/23.0/x86-64_hardened
    verify-signature: True

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="@FREE @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles"
ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_STATE_HOME"
FCFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs binpkg-multi-instance buildpkg-live compress-index config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync merge-wait multilib-strict network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox pkgdir-index-trusted preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_AU.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
LEX="flex"
MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l32"
PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS="bzip2"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
RUSTFLAGS=" -C target-cpu=native"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
USE="acl amd64 apparmor bzip2 cet crypt dist-kernel elogind ffmpeg gdbm gles2 graphite hardened iconv ipv6 ithreads kms libtirpc lto lvm multilib ncurses nls nvenc nvidia opengl openmp pam pcre pgo pic pie pipewire pulseaudio readline screencast seccomp ssl ssp test-rust threads unicode vaapi vdpau vulkan wayland xattr xtpax zlib" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gcc_15" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_anon authn_dbm authn_file authz_dbm authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 aes avx avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 f16c fma3 pclmul popcnt rdrand sha sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 vpclmulqdq" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax navcom oncore skytraq superstar2 tsip tripmate tnt" GUILE_SINGLE_TARGET="3-0" GUILE_TARGETS="3-0" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb text" LLVM_TARGETS="X86" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php8-3" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres17" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_13" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_13" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby32 ruby33" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tarpit sysrq proto logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  ADDR2LINE, AR, ARFLAGS, AS, ASFLAGS, CC, CCLD, CONFIG_SHELL, CPP, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, CXXFILT, ELFEDIT, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, EXTRA_ECONF, F77FLAGS, FC, GCOV, GPROF, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LD, LFLAGS, LIBTOOL, LINGUAS, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, NM, OBJCOPY, OBJDUMP, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PYTHONPATH, RANLIB, READELF, SIZE, STRINGS, STRIP, YACC, YFLAGS

Code: Select all

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more
# detailed example.
COMMON_FLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CXXFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FCFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"

CGO_CFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CGO_CXXFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CGO_FFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
GCO_FCFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
GOOS="linux"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOAMD64="v1"

RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS} -C target-cpu=native"

MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l32"

#VIDEO_CARDS=""
USE="
        apparmor elogind ffmpeg lvm pipewire pulseaudio screencast seccomp
        wayland

        -aqua -cdb -cdda -cddb -cdinstall -clamav -css -cdr-gnome -gtk
        -ibm -ios -ipod -iee1394 -emboss -emacs -kde -smartcard -systemd
        -telemetry -vcd -xemacs -xinerama -X

        graphite ithreads lto openmp pgo threads
        gles2 kms nvidia nvenc opengl vaapi vdpau vulkan
"

ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE"

# NOTE: This stage was built with the bindist USE flag enabled

# This sets the language of build output to English.
# Please keep this setting intact when reporting bugs.
LC_MESSAGES=C.UTF-8

am i cooked???

Post by **sam_** » Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:25 pm

Please run grep -rsin dracut /etc/portage. You likely have a file which sorts after the one you just created which enables Dracut again.

zen_desu · Post by **zen_desu** » Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:26 pm

It looks like the dracut USE flag may be set somewhere else? I would "grep -r dracut /etc/portage"

HeapasS420 · Post by **HeapasS420** » Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:54 pm

sam_ wrote:Please run grep -rsin dracut /etc/portage. You likely have a file which sorts after the one you just created which enables Dracut again.

zen_desu wrote:It looks like the dracut USE flag may be set somewhere else? I would "grep -r dracut /etc/portage"

Sorry for wasting your time guys, i set it in another file trying to install nvidia-drivers without reading properly. It's too late in the night for me to be installing gentoo

My issue is Fixed though