do "man portage" and search for nvidia... this will bring you to the example of how to use package.mask. But the code example does the opposite of what the explanation (above) says. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: (see details, above) Actual Results: package.mask List of DEPEND atoms to mask. Useful if specific ver- sions of packages do not work well for you. For example, you swear by the Nvidia drivers, but only versions ear- lier than 1.0.4496. No problem! Format: - comments begin with # - one DEPEND atom per line Example: # mask out versions of the nvidia drivers # earlier than 1.0.4496 >=media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496 >=media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.4496
Don't see the problem here: >=1.0.4496 in package.mask hides all versions equal or higher than 1.0.4496 for portage which is exactly what the comment says.
i typed it wrong description: you want only earlier than 1.0.4496 comment: mask out versions earlier than 1.0.4496 code: mask out 1.0.4496 and later
fixed in cvs
