On 2004-12-08, Peter Jensen <usenet@pekajemaps.homeip.net> wrote:
> Lee Harr wrote:
>
>> Ok. I needed to add it to _both_ files. I kept trying one or the
>> other, since that was what the docs (and your answer) seemed to me to
>> imply...
>>
>> $ cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
>> =media-gfx/blender-2.35
>> $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
>> =media-gfx/blender-2.35 ~x86
>>
>> and now it emerges 2.35
>
> Did you ever stop to consider *why* you had to jump through hoops to
> install this? Did you read the comment in the global mask file
> (/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask). Things are usually quite broken
> when put in there, and the comment for that version of blender is:
>
> # <lu_zero_AT_gentoo.org> (02 Dec 2004)
> # Masking since this version is broken
>
> Are you *sure* you really want to do this?
>


Works fine for me.

Thanks for your time.