On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 01:51:36AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
> 211224 Mike Gilbert wrote:
> > # Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> (2021-12-24)
> > # Replaced by sys-apps/hwdata. Removal on 2021-01-23.
> > sys-apps/hwids
> 
> It seems to be a requirement for my system :
> 
>   root:515 ~> emerge -cpv hwids
>     Calculating dependencies... done!
>     sys-apps/hwids-20210613-r1 pulled in by:
>       sys-apps/pciutils-3.7.0 requires sys-apps/hwids
>       sys-apps/usbutils-014 requires sys-apps/hwids
>       sys-fs/udev-249.6 requires >=sys-apps/hwids-20140304[udev]
>       x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.16 requires sys-apps/hwids
> 
>   root:512 ~> eix hwids
>     [U] sys-apps/hwids
>     Available versions: 20210613-r2 **99999999*l {+net +pci systemd +udev +usb}
>     Installed versions: 20210613-r1([2021-09-25 15:57:37])(udev usb -net -pci -systemd)
> 
>   root:513 ~> eix hwdata
>     [I] sys-apps/hwdata
>     Available versions:  0.353^t ~0.354^t
>     Installed versions:  0.353^t([2021-12-11 22:30:38])
>    
> Am I missing something ?

Yes, you seem to be missing the (perhaps not so) recent commits to the
tree which prepared the tree for the removal of sys-apps/hwids. Please
try syncing and doing a world update then checking again.