media-libs/x264-svn-20070325 is marked as stable on amd64, but dependency dev-lang/yasm-0.6.0 is still masked. So: chronos ~ # emerge -vp media-libs/x264-svn --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: media-libs/x264-svn-20070325 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies | !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=dev-lang/yasm-0.6.0" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-lang/yasm-0.6.0 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. (dependency required by "media-libs/x264-svn-20070325" [ebuild]) After unmasking and installing, media-libs/x264-svn works for me. Here's the customary `emerge --info`: chronos ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo-r6 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:20:01 +0000 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.20-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.netnitco.net" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac alsa amd64 amr arts bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cli cracklib crypt cups curl dri dvd dvdread encode fam ffmpeg flac fortran gdbm gif gpm iconv ieee1394 imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal libg++ logitech-mouse mad matroska midi mng mp3 ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python qt4 readline reflection rtc ruby sdl session smp spell spl ssl symlink tcpd tetex threads truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis x264 xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev nvidia vesa vga" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
It's not stable anywhere.
