What's happening now: If I deliberately install a newer version of a package that has been masked, portage tries to downgrade it when I run a worldwide upgrade. If something becomes masked after I've installed it, same thing. What I'd like: It'd be nice if the portage system would check the version number in adition to the masked-criterion. If the installed version is newer, it should be left alone. Thx
This is desired behavior. Pin it in your world file, or wait until I finish sticky and/or ignore masks.