< newton:~ >sudo emerge -p virtual/perl-CGI These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies - !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "~dev-lang/perl-5.8.8" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-lang/perl-5.8.8 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. !!! (dependency required by "virtual/perl-CGI-3.15" [ebuild])