pk wrote:

> Aragorn wrote:
>
>> Xen, the Xen kernel sources and the Xen tools are masked as well in
>> Portage, but I could install them nevertheless by adding them to
>> */etc/portage/package.keywords* without the - in my case - "~amd64" and
>> then simply emerging them. This is with the latest version of Portage.
>
> Yes, this exploits the "missing keyword equals unstable" feature, as per
> man portage:
>
> package.keywords
> Per-package KEYWORDS. Useful for mixing unstable
> packages in with a normally stable system or vice
> versa. This will allow ACCEPT_KEYWORDS to be
> augmented for a single package.
>
> Format:
> - comment lines begin with # (no inline comments)
> - one DEPEND atom per line followed by additional
> KEYWORDS
> - lines without any KEYWORDS imply unstable host arch
>
> However, this was not true in the past and might change in the future as
> well. Thus it's always better to explicitly specify the architecture
> (~amd64 in your case).

Okay, thanks for the heads up. I'll edit my package.keywords file and add
the keyword to it. ;-)

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