On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:32:53 +0100, Hans Ratmich <bill@microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I removed via emerge --unmerge several packages that are of no need for me
>(e.g. kernel-headers 2.4.21 and gaming kernel 2.4.22), since I am using
>kernel 2.4.24 build from the 2.4.24 vanilla sources.
>
>Why the heck does emerge want to reinstall these packages everytime I am
>doing an emerge --update world? My system initially came with these
>kernels, but meanwhile, I removed the kernels.
>
>How can I prevent this? How do I tell portage not to reinstall these
>packages?
>
>Thank you a lot in advance!

I believe you need the kernel-headers package installed.