[gentoo-dev] Need to mask non-visible packages in package.mask?

Some time ago (31 Oct 2008) I renamed perl-core/File-Spec-3.2701 to perl-core/File-Spec-3.27.01 by adding the new file and removing the other. I expected portage to do an downgrade. It didn't. I realised it when i got this bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/248178 and after joining #-portage I add a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Need to mask non-visible packages in package.mask?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Torsten Veller wrote: Some time ago (31 Oct 2008) I renamed perl-core/File-Spec-3.2701 to perl-core/File-Spec-3.27.01 by adding the new file and removing the other. I expected portage to do an downgrade. It didn't. I realised it when i