# emerge -pvutDN world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2 USE="X gtk gzip-el jpeg png xft xpm -Xaw3d -alsa (-aqua) -athena -dbus -gconf -gif -gpm -hesiod -kerberos -livecd -m17n-lib -motif -sound -source -svg -tiff -toolkit-scroll-bars" [nomerge ] app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.2-r2 USE="X -emacs22icons" [ebuild N ] virtual/emacs-23 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2 USE="X gtk gzip-el jpeg png xft xpm -Xaw3d -alsa (-aqua) -athena -dbus -gconf -gif -gpm -hesiod -kerberos -livecd -m17n-lib -motif -sound -source -svg -tiff -toolkit-scroll-bars" 37,842 kB [ebuild N ] app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.2-r2 USE="X -emacs22icons" 46 kB Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 37,888 kB question is, which package makes emerge want to install emacs ? I used to use emacs from portage, but just unmerged it, want to use a special version from dev source. thanks!