localhost apache2 # emerge -vp =sun-jdk-1.4* These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=sun-jdk-1.4*" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.12-r1 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.12-r2 (masked by: package.mask) - dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.12 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10-r2 (masked by: package.mask) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.