localhost asterisk # emerge -av asterisk These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies | !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.12-r3" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre9-r1 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre9 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre8-r2 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre7-r1 (masked by: package.mask) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. !!! (dependency required by "sys-fs/udev-071" [ebuild])