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Starting with systemd-236, the sysv-utils USE flag is enabled by default.

The sysv-utils USE flag controls installation of symlinks for several key commands:

  /sbin/halt -> ../bin/systemctl
  /sbin/init -> ../lib/systemd/systemd
  /sbin/reboot -> ../bin/systemctl
  /sbin/poweroff -> ../bin/systemctl
  /sbin/runlevel -> ../bin/systemctl
  /sbin/shutdown -> ../bin/systemctl
  /sbin/telinit -> ../bin/systemctl

These commands are otherwise provided by sys-apps/sysvinit. This package is blocked by systemd when the sysv-utils USE flag is enabled.

Enabling sysv-utils should cause Portage to un-merge sysvinit and OpenRC if they are currently installed. emerge may emit a warning message before doing so; if you are booting with systemd, this message is safe to ignore.

If you wish to keep sysvinit (and openrc) installed, you may disable the sysv-utils USE flag locally.

If you run into unresolvable blockers with sysv-utils enabled, ensure that you do not have any reverse dependencies of sys-apps/sysvinit selected (in your world file).

Common packages to look for:

  sys-apps/sysvinit
  sys-apps/openrc
  net-misc/netifrc

The equery command from gentoolkit may help track down installed packages that depend on openrc.

  equery depends sys-apps/openrc