Gentoo ~ # emerge --ask xorg-x11 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies / !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.0_alpha20060614 (masked by: missing keyword) - x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.0_alpha20060413 (masked by: missing keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. (dependency required by "x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1" [ebuild]) Here's my package.keywords (I just paste the lines about this package ): =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.0_alpha20060614 ~x86 =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.0_alpha20060613 ~x86 and the same configuration lines from the package.unmask : =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.0_alpha20060614 =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.0_alpha20060613 Portage seems to don't mind the ~x86 keyword, wherever I write it, in unmask or either keyword or both.