!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-apps/hal-0.5.10" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-apps/hal-0.5.10 (masked by: package.mask) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. (dependency required by "app-misc/hal-info-20071011" [ebuild]) !!! Problem resolving dependencies for x11-wm/metisse !!! Depgraph creation failed. h36sa@gannon ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.mask >=sys-apps/hal-0.5.10 >=app-misc/hal-info-20071011