> 1. What exactly is masking, and why would these ebuilds be masked (ie, are
> they broken, do they smell funny)?
"Masking" ebuilds is a way to make "unstable" packages available to
Gentoo users while not emerging them when using default settings.
You have to take specific actions to do so.
The
A friend was telling me about Horde today, and I decided to see if there was
an ebuild. Lo and behold, there was however it says that it is masked. All I
really understand about masking is that it won't let me emerge it. So, I have
two basic questions:
1. What exactly is masking, and why would
