On Sunday, 6 December 2020 22:16:04 GMT Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> Am December 6, 2020 10:08:45 PM UTC schrieb the...@sys-concept.com:
> >On 12/06/2020 03:00 PM, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> >> Am December 6, 2020 9:23:07 PM UTC schrieb the...@sys-concept.com:
> >>> I'm looking at the output of "equery y asterisk"
> >>> and it shows asterisk-11.25.3-r1 is masked
> >>> and https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-misc/asterisk show as
> >>> stable  (amd64)
> >>> 
> >>> Why is it masked on my system?
> >> 
> >> It is masked on every system! As the mask says users should upgrade
> >
> >to newer versions!
> >
> >> I guess https://packages.gentoo.org does not consider packages masked
> >
> >by profiles. You can give your feedback about it here:
> >https://packages.gentoo.org/about/feedback
> >
> >Upgrade is not a problem, re-writing / debugging the extconfig.conf
> >(dial plan) is; it takes time.
> 
> Which comes with every software update, you always have to adapt.
> This however was not your question!

In cases like this it's a good idea to sync portage to fetch the latest tree 
status and then check the state of all available and masked versions of a 
package;  e.g.:

$ eshowkw net-misc/asterisk
Keywords for net-misc/asterisk:
              |                             |   u   |  
              | a   a     p s     a   r     |   n   |  
              | m   r h   p p   s l i i m m | e u s | r
              | d a m p p c a x 3 p a s 6 i | a s l | e
              | 6 r 6 p p 6 r 8 9 h 6 c 8 p | p e o | p
              | 4 m 4 a c 4 c 6 0 a 4 v k s | i d t | o
--------------+-----------------------------+-------+-------
[M]11.25.3-r1 | + o o o o o o + o o o o o o | 6 # 0 | gentoo
   13.34.0    | + ~ ~ o ~ ~ o + o o o o o o | 7 #   | gentoo
   13.35.0    | ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ o ~ o o o o o o | 7 #   | gentoo
   13.36.0    | + ~ ~ o ~ ~ o + o o o o o o | 7 o   | gentoo
   13.37.0    | ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ o ~ o o o o o o | 7 #   | gentoo
   16.12.0-r1 | ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ o ~ o o o o o o | 7 #   | gentoo
   16.13.0    | ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ o ~ o o o o o o | 7 #   | gentoo
   16.14.0    | ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ o ~ o o o o o o | 7 o   | gentoo

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