From: realnc@arcor.de   
      
   Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
   > J.O. Aho wrote:   
   >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
   >>> (I'm new to Gentoo.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Trying to install GCC 4.3 with:   
   >>>   
   >>>   emerge -uav ">=gcc-4.3"   
   >>>   
   >>> says that sys-devel/gcc-4.3.0 is masked (missing keyword).  [...]   
   >>   
   >> echo "=sys-devel/gcc-4.3.0 -* ~*" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords   
   >> emerge =sys-devel/gcc-4.3.0   
   >   
   > Doesn't have any effect  [...]   
      
   I found the solution at gentoo-wiki.com:   
   http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Dealing_with_masked_packages#Masked_b   
   _missing_keyword   
      
   It basically says that "-*" is obsolete and replaced with "**".  So I've   
   put "=sys-devel/gcc-4.3.0 **" in /etc/portage/package.keywords and it   
   works OK now.   
      
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