commit:     9e263f3dfed13f5e8d78f407aa7f1859bb0879bf
Author:     Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu May 19 11:02:53 2022 +0000
Commit:     Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu May 19 11:02:53 2022 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=9e263f3d

profiles: mask whatsapp-desktop-bin for removal

use net-im/wazzapp instead

Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/844985
Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index da76b35b34a9..cf3499006352 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Andrew Ammerlaan <[email protected]> (2022-05-19)
+# Unfortunately this has completely stopped working due to
+# upstream changes in WhatsApp. Bug 844985. As an alternative
+# try: *net-im/wazzapp-bin* which still works and also
+# offers additional features over whatsapp-desktop-bin
+# Masked for removal in 30 days
+net-im/whatsapp-desktop-bin
+
 # Sam James <[email protected]> (2022-05-19)
 # Crashes xine (from xine-ui) on startup for several users.
 # bug #845396

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