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[jjakob]

eix 0.34.12, this is the output:

$ eix-diff -n
[>]   == dev-java/asm (3.3.1-r1(3)^t 5.0.3(4)^t -> 3.3.1-r2(3)^t 5.1-r1(4)^t): Bytecode manipulation framework for Java
[>]   == dev-libs/libzia (4.23 -> 4.25): platform abstraction code for tucnak package
[U]   == dev-libs/nettle (3.6-r2(0/8-6)@03/10/2021; 3.6-r2(0/8-6)^t -> 3.7.2(0/8-6)^t): Low-level cryptographic library
[U]   == dev-libs/nspr (4.29@03/10/2021; 4.29 -> 4.30): Netscape Portable Runtime
[U]   == dev-libs/nss (3.58-r2@03/10/2021; 3.58-r2^t -> 3.63^t): Mozilla's Network Security Services library that implements PKI support
[*>]  == dev-libs/nss-pem (~1.0.7 -> 1.0.7): PEM file reader for Network Security Services (NSS)
[>]   == dev-python/python-docs (2.7.18(2.7) 3.6.12(3.6) 3.7.9(3.7) 3.8.7(3.8) 3.9.1(3.9) -> 2.7.18(2.7) 3.6.13(3.6) 3.7.10(3.7) 3.8.8(3.8) 3.9.2(3.9)): HTML documentation for Python
[>]   == dev-python/snakeoil (0.9.3^t -> 0.9.4^t): misc common functionality and useful optimizations
[>]   == dev-util/pkgcheck (0.9.2-r2^t -> 0.9.3-r1^t): pkgcore-based QA utility for ebuild repos
[>]   == games-emulation/mgba (0.7.3 -> 0.8.4): Game Boy Advance emulator written in C
[>]   == media-libs/libgpod (0.8.3-r3 -> 0.8.3-r4): Shared library to access the contents of an iPod
[>]   == media-radio/fldigi (4.1.14 -> 4.1.18): Sound card based multimode software modem for Amateur Radio use
[>]   == media-radio/flrig (1.3.51 -> 1.3.54): Transceiver control program for Amateur Radio use
[>]   == media-radio/tucnak (4.23 -> 4.25): Amateur Radio VHF Contest Logbook
[>]   == media-radio/xlog (2.0.19 -> 2.0.20): An amateur radio logging program
[>]   == net-irc/ircii (20190117 -> 20210314): An IRC and ICB client that runs under most UNIX platforms
[>]   == net-libs/mbedtls (2.25.0(0/6.13.1)^t -> 2.26.0(0/6.13.1)^t): Cryptographic library for embedded systems
[>]   == sci-chemistry/openbabel (2.4.1-r1(0/5.0.0)^t -> 2.4.1-r2(0/5.0.0)^t): Interconverts file formats used in molecular modeling
[>]   == sci-libs/netcdf-cxx (4.2-r300(3) 4.3.0(0/1) -> 4.2-r301(3) 4.3.0(0/1)): C++ library for netCDF
[>]   == sci-visualization/quickplot (0.10.6 -> 0.10.6-r1): A fast interactive 2D plotter
[U]   == sys-apps/install-xattr (0.5@03/09/2021; 0.5 -> 0.8): Wrapper to coreutil's install to preserve Filesystem Extended Attributes
[>]   == sys-apps/pkgcore (0.11.4-r2^t -> 0.11.5-r3^t): a framework for package management
[U]   == sys-kernel/genkernel (4.1.2-r3@03/10/2021; 4.1.2-r3 -> 4.2.1-r1): Gentoo automatic kernel building scripts
[<]   == sys-kernel/gentoo-sources (5.4.97(5.4.97)@03/10/2021; 4.4.246(4.4.246)^bs 4.4.257(4.4.257)^bs 4.9.246(4.9.246)^bs 4.9.257(4.9.257)^bs 4.14.209(4.14.209)^bs 4.14.221(4.14.221)^bs 4.19.160(4.19.160)^bs 4.19.175(4.19.175)^bs 5.4.80-r1(5.4.80-r1)^bs 5.4.97(5.4.97)^bs -> 4.4.257(4.4.257)^bs 4.9.257(4.9.257)^bs 4.14.221(4.14.221)^bs 4.19.175(4.19.175)^bs 5.4.97(5.4.97)^bs): Full sources
including the Gentoo patchset for the 5.11 kernel tree
[><]  == www-apps/postfixadmin (3.2.4(3.2.4) -> 3.3.5(3.3.5)): Web Based Management tool for Postfix style virtual domains and users
[*N]  >> acct-group/sgx (0): System group: sgx
[N]   >> sys-power/switcheroo-control (~2.4): D-Bus service to check the availability of dual-GPU

It's the same in both st-256color and rxvt-unicode-256color regardless of color (-n)

[vaeth]

It's is not a bug, it's a feature: It describes the values of RESTRICT for that version. See section OUTPUT in the manpage of eix.

[jjakob]

Thanks.