slacker ~ # emerge -pv libICE These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "libICE" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - x11-libs/libICE-1.0.0 (masked by: package.mask) # Donnie Berkholz (07 Aug 2005) # Modularized X, upstream release candidates For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.