Okay, I did it. I removed db 4.0 and db 4.1. I announced it on -dev and there are no explicit deps on it, so it shouldn't create any issues. However, if it does, please open a bug and let me know.

(Portage version: 2.1.2-r12)
 (Unsigned Manifest commit)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/sys-libs/db/Manifest b/sys-libs/db/Manifest
index e2c22b00415d..66f086d8fecc 100644
--- a/sys-libs/db/Manifest
+++ b/sys-libs/db/Manifest
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@ AUX db-4.0.14-jarlocation.patch 565 RMD160 bff07d9e8014d07fd8f692b5da1b6275e4542
 MD5 0101200dac8a9299fc1578081ac72b71 files/db-4.0.14-jarlocation.patch 565
 RMD160 bff07d9e8014d07fd8f692b5da1b6275e454265d files/db-4.0.14-jarlocation.patch 565
 SHA256 94900ac8d62a0ae0afd28a491ad6ecd7b3665e5e7620ba8affd627c9f1b8c673 files/db-4.0.14-jarlocation.patch 565
-AUX db-4.1.25-java.patch 721 RMD160 9d700e92ea1026f574ef5a2c7e8c2e95af1df7f2 SHA1 71698ec5c9d07d6005b1e0b426fdb66099cb4e97 SHA256 cbdba9cad72348d8f773fb9d56c4b1f209cf1dae06f37b0b0512c50ca0826c0d
-MD5 395933484399c22681916b0e86db3258 files/db-4.1.25-java.patch 721
-RMD160 9d700e92ea1026f574ef5a2c7e8c2e95af1df7f2 files/db-4.1.25-java.patch 721
-SHA256 cbdba9cad72348d8f773fb9d56c4b1f209cf1dae06f37b0b0512c50ca0826c0d files/db-4.1.25-java.patch 721
-AUX db-4.1.25-uclibc.patch 731 RMD160 aa6b855aef1fcd5a9595ff2477fda21a123eb478 SHA1 a9b185070f3e22ed1be3db7a2c28049c77e375de SHA256 9b27bb1ab68d603469554429a23554ad5159296d1a143b958a541128a9014e47
-MD5 75ba5de97737693cfdfe85908b5adfbd files/db-4.1.25-uclibc.patch 731
-RMD160 aa6b855aef1fcd5a9595ff2477fda21a123eb478 files/db-4.1.25-uclibc.patch 731
-SHA256 9b27bb1ab68d603469554429a23554ad5159296d1a143b958a541128a9014e47 files/db-4.1.25-uclibc.patch 731
-AUX db-4.1.25_p1-jarlocation.patch 626 RMD160 ca10d1e3b134900e88ec617409cc001038a35506 SHA1 125e3b5e326e8781531a96ffa9e70c2bae2d03fb SHA256 ae5db4a1661e1c6ce52c30a8d30f7066325f24795f15ceda46338fdd549fc855
-MD5 2bb2a5dbe8d16f858d177e1193639b70 files/db-4.1.25_p1-jarlocation.patch 626
-RMD160 ca10d1e3b134900e88ec617409cc001038a35506 files/db-4.1.25_p1-jarlocation.patch 626
-SHA256 ae5db4a1661e1c6ce52c30a8d30f7066325f24795f15ceda46338fdd549fc855 files/db-4.1.25_p1-jarlocation.patch 626
 AUX db-4.2-jarlocation.patch 599 RMD160 48129c1ab4114baf7ab82fe50e809f251192df97 SHA1 85f10a745e869f1c0976c3c0f5f9f922b2ba5eb0 SHA256 74376f1b3e53750f2d777479a9c4e46614ce8e3c4e9583a10c5555dee4abc773
 MD5 3c47ce6ed92e948fbde232c1e3571f16 files/db-4.2-jarlocation.patch 599
 RMD160 48129c1ab4114baf7ab82fe50e809f251192df97 files/db-4.2-jarlocation.patch 599
@@ -101,16 +89,12 @@ SHA256 61db874796fe8789b0045f456285b27c5b8b7b8902a5e342a115456015716d0e files/pa
 DIST db-1.85-r3.1.patch.bz2 14641 RMD160 463c9d6cf013b28ff2c364d3f2ced378b334fea3 SHA1 95d36410f0fee98f192eee04c2a1f74cac106270 SHA256 88e3095b191fe425d0192d052595ab838ad4ef6324aac0a9e338fd6df7ae40d4
 DIST db-1.85.patch.bz2 15277 RMD160 a1b024f5761a531d4f52a35b309242c4a4be38d1 SHA1 e4161e1e56c32c6950b0962e6673c6d946e6094b SHA256 4339a08fb0b2c001ba819835e190996539e80f2cb6031ca4395f40f3363f8bc5
 DIST db-3.2.9.tar.gz 2085238 RMD160 c2c5cdb3ec0e99e5687c0861dfbf76b8878f27cb SHA1 1adcc34b6a56e51e4019e80bc56b509ac28e1035 SHA256 3eccaec87bca4ca0f5728cf4579650da9d12e331187f1e98321e5c9e9e04b108
-DIST db-4.0.14.tar.gz 2701799 RMD160 9c9f2929ebae27fcedf1d8bf101b8ca960ad6a2a SHA1 a0fcf0ec521ffb7a7ea342b1ec2ea9bc9f8402ee SHA256 a7d983d88b7ba43cfd9a39bfcb0f3f489b15e4b113452e94b7c4bbca0225b7f5
-DIST db-4.1.25.tar.gz 3080234 RMD160 4647dada39e270d9218264df55887f934a851658 SHA1 fc462d40046e85f715db54fc8acece99f9a7bd4c SHA256 d1247e78460a84bda2d6df97df7e6472065c675a7e1a5363d4073ae4c74f4651
 DIST db-4.2.52.tar.gz 4073147 RMD160 d9095bce12b519695f3d1ff708dc0d1babd7a4b2 SHA1 12d21a58efd7b5fd35b56815a8fb1ac2cbab2e5c SHA256 72f581d8b91da900434629886d1d1c6ea8b9d2a9329368c3b875e7cd556b6a0e
 DIST db-4.3.29.tar.gz 6103264 RMD160 fac910828a74087124e9cc3cad99c6a6dc88c14b SHA1 7ddac51fcbd5945aed154be2ee1fe166b3acd628 SHA256 db3e762d819f9a31bc4ebf5ecada53e9787aeb26fc92fa6064b2ba57df806af4
 DIST db-4.4.20.tar.gz 8112163 RMD160 1e62a7583c8064f1e8533e188db4644d6d047f66 SHA1 1931c0774c3e2fc45741ba9b7c4187a12801184c SHA256 56442966cf51a6eb81272f4ab4cec929dcb695a5081b187215afdc7cf7629a57
 DIST db-4.5.20.tar.gz 9281894 RMD160 5fc492efcddce6f446c5977128f5526f73763e01 SHA1 0e5a6c152c5d7089899481d9de689d1f7e77bde1 SHA256 f52cd5cea899823dd200d56556f70b33c55e48a33bb7b65ee128968dc10ca82d
 DIST db.1.85.patch 55584 RMD160 e4433e45e13764b8d0cdf948909f6f5b8f9ed7ff SHA1 cb2079ecb3df5035ad27b80b42052fc689a408a6 SHA256 6df42acf6d7bec774b1bdc1629abadf7b006d622e2bbcf638aed7985eacdd48e
 DIST db.1.85.tar.gz 270953 RMD160 594253b7e80323cddc92cd7c89934217d403f58b SHA1 ccb057b07761d1b2b34626e748c7392c749d5e6d SHA256 4220d4ddeb77fb57ba2f37c1aa105d561d3ef85a6fb89c79c3edd735d0e193c6
-DIST patch.4.1.25.1 610 RMD160 a4d8747b31481fc6a42dff5fbc07052d458bcd45 SHA1 755774f9c3d9a398d3e25f0b0a5ea7712e29a2c0 SHA256 c79fc5e3a0fd9622ca7a266c7c41ebb49c510fe83fe655b432cf5aefe4bafc6c
-DIST patch.4.1.25.2 18100 RMD160 386016842b1ad378379a07fd642578b39cd3796a SHA1 bc80c9cf2417d660c15723afd35d3b10d6701ffe SHA256 391e652b0b6a1e2410a8e4b8d7e0ed0d53c9af549a29754e04532f390bee8f5d
 DIST patch.4.2.52.1 988 RMD160 1ff7d93c4e6223b793ed3038070a4f0957dac44e SHA1 fdbe677eb4314309e855c35359a493284ddc1936 SHA256 98b7580916459ee931b9c7e06dcb9da980732672fe0811714933f366ad97dfa5
 DIST patch.4.2.52.2 1433 RMD160 880cd32f5bd1430463da0f4169e1d6e4a2b96b81 SHA1 ef55711f1bf643024d9d90f9b3885299f6c7b09a SHA256 c9b132bcc8f1c12e03baaf47abd3801f2adf24ffbd56f35a27617fec12654f32
 DIST patch.4.2.52.3 8672 RMD160 443b5cb93346482166f407c8fb9522035d151f02 SHA1 e3f46b316d69ef4351b0b41023897a4d16b2f2fc SHA256 ca5245d2e1c7a40df5ec57cbabee8bf0106292c69a37eb0ca275d1aa59061907
@@ -141,26 +125,6 @@ EBUILD db-3.2.9-r11.ebuild 4655 RMD160 bb9dc0f7694a7f277575e942376df15917dc0834
 MD5 38aef71f00aab8a9048b3f6fcc3fe73a db-3.2.9-r11.ebuild 4655
 RMD160 bb9dc0f7694a7f277575e942376df15917dc0834 db-3.2.9-r11.ebuild 4655
 SHA256 63d40038fba201d57317628f264fd50c1773e6adac3f7bc9e208341993b89f3e db-3.2.9-r11.ebuild 4655
-EBUILD db-4.0.14-r2.ebuild 2219 RMD160 6fe3938566811ffaa32e285088566994893a2963 SHA1 fa723d93a67eca7c7e034cfd82d8b8ab6d9fa95a SHA256 662c6693dd4526d93e91c2988151e0b9e456e44c11c971a1f8ddbaaa96b2ea62
-MD5 135da364827878bbac70c27f05abcd33 db-4.0.14-r2.ebuild 2219
-RMD160 6fe3938566811ffaa32e285088566994893a2963 db-4.0.14-r2.ebuild 2219
-SHA256 662c6693dd4526d93e91c2988151e0b9e456e44c11c971a1f8ddbaaa96b2ea62 db-4.0.14-r2.ebuild 2219
-EBUILD db-4.0.14-r3.ebuild 2470 RMD160 2afd6a48aa220ba944ab1a4f8d8c5f97461cb331 SHA1 6d632d0c3f3df61390915046ce16902e734e82d7 SHA256 00d52dcbdec1074c77d9c8c5c8f95b80f89595fa4f562afa3c59064c0e53cb8c
-MD5 7f57a22100d437ea1fa867d7cf14157a db-4.0.14-r3.ebuild 2470
-RMD160 2afd6a48aa220ba944ab1a4f8d8c5f97461cb331 db-4.0.14-r3.ebuild 2470
-SHA256 00d52dcbdec1074c77d9c8c5c8f95b80f89595fa4f562afa3c59064c0e53cb8c db-4.0.14-r3.ebuild 2470
-EBUILD db-4.1.25_p1-r3.ebuild 2540 RMD160 5511bc30da4823a9994a0259eb961df789cea0c7 SHA1 b0f94e886e18f2453a68c926ff935937d9108e59 SHA256 b355ef3ee4a4217c7a54107e91486e47cb0b7ddd19105020b1ea18291ec08a77
-MD5 23355ce5767cd64bb7b9c0f957828fe5 db-4.1.25_p1-r3.ebuild 2540
-RMD160 5511bc30da4823a9994a0259eb961df789cea0c7 db-4.1.25_p1-r3.ebuild 2540
-SHA256 b355ef3ee4a4217c7a54107e91486e47cb0b7ddd19105020b1ea18291ec08a77 db-4.1.25_p1-r3.ebuild 2540
-EBUILD db-4.1.25_p1-r4.ebuild 2696 RMD160 e66cb4b1f667ea562164f09208f9c3107e7827bb SHA1 988dfa108bb237a9019e3681275569a0870e35f5 SHA256 905685d4c6632cfb11d87eb60d689f6992f7bbf3759283cef5dc31c1b1ef04bd
-MD5 71eafc64c8324d15647680692ac8c9ab db-4.1.25_p1-r4.ebuild 2696
-RMD160 e66cb4b1f667ea562164f09208f9c3107e7827bb db-4.1.25_p1-r4.ebuild 2696
-SHA256 905685d4c6632cfb11d87eb60d689f6992f7bbf3759283cef5dc31c1b1ef04bd db-4.1.25_p1-r4.ebuild 2696
-EBUILD db-4.1.25_p2.ebuild 2912 RMD160 3e052bc6ce93366ca57e6933096b90a2ed893576 SHA1 6b8a51ac5a468077723de5407cbf7810fc3f6ae0 SHA256 ae0a5a028d83411833e45b93921796209396407633c6e7a26d3b8bd97a09135b
-MD5 c72389dc894fdce96b231a7dc614a802 db-4.1.25_p2.ebuild 2912
-RMD160 3e052bc6ce93366ca57e6933096b90a2ed893576 db-4.1.25_p2.ebuild 2912
-SHA256 ae0a5a028d83411833e45b93921796209396407633c6e7a26d3b8bd97a09135b db-4.1.25_p2.ebuild 2912
 EBUILD db-4.2.52_p2-r1.ebuild 2957 RMD160 d39f650e9038cc749cdf388f8a6930ceabc25a25 SHA1 809d44be6de8840f9a1f46a768205e27df6edfc4 SHA256 903fb3397ea535a62265880c3057cbb66608a73c04ada641cd501ee567bade7b
 MD5 66217a62d0fd27443125b8397a0820a2 db-4.2.52_p2-r1.ebuild 2957
 RMD160 d39f650e9038cc749cdf388f8a6930ceabc25a25 db-4.2.52_p2-r1.ebuild 2957
@@ -181,10 +145,10 @@ EBUILD db-4.5.20_p2.ebuild 3674 RMD160 4af5c68c23c2e6c1f050328fd955c7898f800acb
 MD5 b3b7ceba0a74409aa926f4510b9b28fc db-4.5.20_p2.ebuild 3674
 RMD160 4af5c68c23c2e6c1f050328fd955c7898f800acb db-4.5.20_p2.ebuild 3674
 SHA256 39063bea3aac0a9a169e90a9510dc7b38e160edbf80f2a9cbee680e4cf6f3ce7 db-4.5.20_p2.ebuild 3674
-MISC ChangeLog 30971 RMD160 a1e0ad90c3a0d87a0ddeddda36a2171e2a61ca27 SHA1 31fcbff7538354c9e89d7528efc71132f1da12f3 SHA256 ec7e7a1c9926583158520b0bde94c0fa2f02b8ae9e9ab840ee4a9b169f46eaa5
-MD5 b43bfa99fb6408159d47de5c7c6d7b7e ChangeLog 30971
-RMD160 a1e0ad90c3a0d87a0ddeddda36a2171e2a61ca27 ChangeLog 30971
-SHA256 ec7e7a1c9926583158520b0bde94c0fa2f02b8ae9e9ab840ee4a9b169f46eaa5 ChangeLog 30971
+MISC ChangeLog 31443 RMD160 26ab893e75980ee2b00ede8e71394e33554eabcb SHA1 18b1be5606638fb2103fd04ce456f4c2bc9482b4 SHA256 fb41ebb97e52213d1ac5ed132dd5b89f62c0e5e8147b6cf2b2ec0c84e5cbdd6c
+MD5 3b17eb0afca59938e24d821fa6b10c30 ChangeLog 31443
+RMD160 26ab893e75980ee2b00ede8e71394e33554eabcb ChangeLog 31443
+SHA256 fb41ebb97e52213d1ac5ed132dd5b89f62c0e5e8147b6cf2b2ec0c84e5cbdd6c ChangeLog 31443
 MISC metadata.xml 1651 RMD160 cbdc138b8fd0fab28ec59db03fca18f2e0e74818 SHA1 e70ae3f07e5559a43dd85fad3270b7f7f185b996 SHA256 895bfb43a1bd60170937b4523f396d5772a3914384a95105345ac1f24c606550
 MD5 71519f9e67010bd7b9d8aff6b19b8c15 metadata.xml 1651
 RMD160 cbdc138b8fd0fab28ec59db03fca18f2e0e74818 metadata.xml 1651
@@ -204,21 +168,6 @@ SHA256 829ef6dcac63c8d01a6173e02aad48203ef45dcf4bb27aaa770c520625fc4903 files/di
 MD5 89d5c6e9ecc4225d5936a1e05274799d files/digest-db-3.2.9-r11 229
 RMD160 e6aedcada1a91187c51de26ab254a6d3aa411181 files/digest-db-3.2.9-r11 229
 SHA256 829ef6dcac63c8d01a6173e02aad48203ef45dcf4bb27aaa770c520625fc4903 files/digest-db-3.2.9-r11 229
-MD5 56fcba838ef2dc42423182462ab1ed5e files/digest-db-4.0.14-r2 232
-RMD160 3eba6dea0b06f16ee31242fd82d3f8f9a9ccc9bf files/digest-db-4.0.14-r2 232
-SHA256 0901def8a1b6e3cf6e9fa4c7ac94c22ffc59526936b30890ec32e464937ee38f files/digest-db-4.0.14-r2 232
-MD5 56fcba838ef2dc42423182462ab1ed5e files/digest-db-4.0.14-r3 232
-RMD160 3eba6dea0b06f16ee31242fd82d3f8f9a9ccc9bf files/digest-db-4.0.14-r3 232
-SHA256 0901def8a1b6e3cf6e9fa4c7ac94c22ffc59526936b30890ec32e464937ee38f files/digest-db-4.0.14-r3 232
-MD5 8ac22e6cc7d4cda59f5aad766ff30010 files/digest-db-4.1.25_p1-r3 446
-RMD160 2275bab5b374cd61580bdf6650b1d61e1657a758 files/digest-db-4.1.25_p1-r3 446
-SHA256 b764dea9c496866af59ebf8fbcf54a4a9b2f802434f71278b0c724d246479f8f files/digest-db-4.1.25_p1-r3 446
-MD5 8ac22e6cc7d4cda59f5aad766ff30010 files/digest-db-4.1.25_p1-r4 446
-RMD160 2275bab5b374cd61580bdf6650b1d61e1657a758 files/digest-db-4.1.25_p1-r4 446
-SHA256 b764dea9c496866af59ebf8fbcf54a4a9b2f802434f71278b0c724d246479f8f files/digest-db-4.1.25_p1-r4 446
-MD5 f373c3fc31ba2acc074f15690761c42b files/digest-db-4.1.25_p2 666
-RMD160 d596e8ae27908972bf188c160d046d0a761ab8c7 files/digest-db-4.1.25_p2 666
-SHA256 d8682fb56148197b3f76fe128adfcc766a481888648022d73a6febadedddecd2 files/digest-db-4.1.25_p2 666
 MD5 d13b4a7ed66c85bdb8ac0461e24a6bf4 files/digest-db-4.2.52_p2-r1 663
 RMD160 a3a39cf7c2fa71931739657fbaecb29b2e01caaf files/digest-db-4.2.52_p2-r1 663
 SHA256 e739ff2c7b811c40acda804c2c55022361bee9d70697ea5212ffadd0652c1aa6 files/digest-db-4.2.52_p2-r1 663