On Tuesday 02 February 2010 12:47:46 David Relson wrote: > I've been running unstable versions of portage for many months and > currently have 2.1.7.17, which _is_ the newest non-masked version.
Nevertheless, it isn't the latest version. To get that you need an entry in package.unmask; then portage will be able to sort out far more complex problems than the unmasked version can. Don't worry - many people here have been doing this for many months, with no problems attributable to portage. -- Rgds Peter.
