/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask cointains: >=gnome-extra/nm-applet-0.9.8 Running "eshowkw" in /usr/portage/gnome-extra/nm-applet/ yields sane output: # eshowkw Keywords for gnome-extra/nm-applet: | | u | | a a p s | n | | l m h i m m p s p | u s | r | p d a p a 6 i p c 3 a x | s l | e | h 6 r p 6 8 p p 6 9 s r 8 | e o | p | a 4 m a 4 k s c 4 0 h c 6 | d t | o -----------+---------------------------+-----+------- 0.9.4.1 | o + o o o o o + o o o o + | # 0 | gentoo 0.9.6.2 | o ~ o o o o o ~ o o o o ~ | # | gentoo 0.9.6.4 | ~ + ~ o ~ o o + + o o ~ + | o | gentoo [M]0.9.8.0 | ~ ~ ~ o ~ o o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | o | gentoo However, running eshowkw in [GENTOO_CVS_CHECKOUT]/gnome-extra/nm-applet/ yields: # eshowkw Keywords for gnome-extra/nm-applet: | | u | | a a p s | n | | l m h i m m p s p | u s | r | p d a p a 6 i p c 3 a x | s l | e | h 6 r p 6 8 p p 6 9 s r 8 | e o | p | a 4 m a 4 k s c 4 0 h c 6 | d t | o --------------+---------------------------+-----+------- 0.9.6.4 | ~ + ~ o ~ o o + + o o ~ + | o 0 | gentoo [I]0.9.6.4-r1 | ~ ~ ~ o ~ o o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | # | gentoo [M]0.9.8.0 | ~ ~ ~ o ~ o o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | # | gentoo 0.9.8.0-r1 | ~ ~ ~ o ~ o o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | # | gentoo 0.9.8.2 | ~ ~ ~ o ~ o o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | o | gentoo So the bug is that 0.9.8.0-r1 and 0.9.8.2 are not marked with [M] in that case. Please fix :-) Observed in version 0.3.0.7-r2, might apply to versions before, too.