On 11/19/09, CrÃstian Viana <cristiandei...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think --noreplace should do it, but if it didn't, try adding this ebuild > name to /var/lib/portage/world: > > =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7
Yes, that did it. Thanks. using --noreplace or --deselect has the effect of focusing on the one package but only because that pkg *alone* will be removed, the opposite of what I trying to do. mw