On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:42:43 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

> I have NEVER asked portage to keep a copy of EVERYTHING online.

Yet it does.

> I
> think it's a sinthat portage decides to remove files from MY machine,
> files that I'm currently using, files that I require.

It doesn't. It may remove files from the portage tree, but those are
not in use except when emerging. The ebuilds for your installed packages
are kept in /var/db/pkg.
 

-- 
Neil Bothwick

WinErr 003: Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file

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