daniel wrote:

>i can't be the first person to have this problem, but i NEED xfree on this 
>machine.  i've upgraded every other box to xorg, but this one can't be.  i 
>need xfree because it's the only windowing system that plays nice with the 
>gatos ati drivers for my tv card. ...and i'm not about to boot to windows to 
>watch tv.
>
>so how do i just tell gentoo not to try to upgrade me?  is the following my 
>only choice?  is it a good one?
>
>  # emerge --inject x11-base/x11-xorg
>
>why is it that xfree had to be removed but other stuff that most people never 
>touch (like kdrive) is still in there?  am i the only one that's upset and 
>thinks this is nuts?
>
>
>  
>
put "x11-base/xorg-x11" in /etc/portage/package.mask and portage will 
never emerge it.

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