Oh, and for the sake of completeness, also from http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml --snip-- 1.c. Using Masked Packages
The package.unmask file The Gentoo developers do not support the use of these files. Please exercise due caution when doing so. Support requests related to package.unmask and/or package.mask will not be answered. You have been warned. When a package has been masked by the Gentoo developers and you still want to use it despite the reason mentioned in the package.mask file (situated in /usr/portage/profiles by default), add the exact same line in /etc/portage/package.unmask. --snip-- -- Wernfried Haas (amne) - amne at gentoo dot org Gentoo Forums: http://forums.gentoo.org IRC: #gentoo-forums on freenode - email: forum-mods at gentoo dot org -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
