* On Feb 3 13:37, Harry Putnam (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: > But as I comment out the entries there are always more that turn up > when I run emerge xvidtune again. I've commented about 8 so > far.... but haven't done any real installing just seeing where this > goes and need some coaching from someone who better understands what I > might be getting into.
You shouldn't be editing any files in /usr/portage yourself - they'll just be overwritten on your next emerge sync. Instead, put "package-category/name" (without the quotes) into /etc/portage/package.unmask . (If that file doesn't exist, create it.) Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
