localhost ~ # mkdir -p /var/db/pkg/sys-devel/linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r2 localhost ~ # echo sys-kernel> /var/db/pkg/sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r2/CATEGORY bash: /var/db/pkg/sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r2/CATEGORY: Not a directory localhost ~ # emerge -C =linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r2 !!! The short ebuild name "=linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r2" is ambiguous. Please specify !!! one of the following fully-qualified ebuild names instead: sys-devel/linux-headers sys-kernel/linux-headers localhost ~ # emerge -C =linux-headers-2.6.19.2-r2