display_news_notification: don't populate virts

This typically isn't useful anymore, since Gentoo has stopped using
old-style virtuals.

diff --git a/pym/_emerge/actions.py b/pym/_emerge/actions.py
index 3710f7f87b041aa5d51a4de21d7ddbaebb8c0ed6..bab39b9e3bd671bf8f711903902d5ae7d3e53db0 100644 (file)
--- a/pym/_emerge/actions.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/actions.py
@@ -2995,10 +2995,6 @@ def display_news_notification(root_config, myopts):
        if "news" not in settings.features:
                return
 
-       # Populate these using our existing vartree, to avoid
-       # having a temporary one instantiated.
-       settings._populate_treeVirtuals_if_needed(trees["vartree"])
-
        for repo in portdb.getRepositories():
                unreadItems = checkUpdatedNewsItems(
                        portdb, vardb, NEWS_PATH, UNREAD_PATH, repo, update=update)