--- /usr/bin/emerge	2004-01-31 14:21:20.202319096 -0800
+++ ./emergeworking	2004-01-31 14:33:47.824663224 -0800
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 myaction=None
 myopts=[]
 myfiles=[]
+ignorance=[]
 edebug=0
 
 # process short actions and options
@@ -153,9 +154,15 @@
 		myaction=x
 	elif x[-1]=="/":
 		# this little conditional helps tab completion
-		myfiles.append(x[:-1])
+		if x[0]=="^":
+			ignorance.append(portage.dep_expand(x[1:-1],portage.portdb))
+		else:
+       			myfiles.append(x[:-1])
 	else:
-		myfiles.append(x)
+		if x[0]=="^":
+			ignorance.append(portage.dep_expand(x[1:],portage.portdb))
+		else:        
+			myfiles.append(x)
 
 if (myaction in ["world", "system"]) and myfiles:
 	print "emerge: please specify a package class (\"world\" or \"system\") or individual packages, but not both."
@@ -635,11 +642,12 @@
 olddbapi=None
 class depgraph:
 
-	def __init__(self,myaction,myopts):
+	def __init__(self,myaction,myopts,ignorance):
 		global olddbapi
 		self.pkgsettings = portage.config(clone=portage.settings)
 		self.applied_useflags = {}
-		
+		self.ignorance=[]
+		self.ignorance=ignorance
 		self.missingbins=[]
 		self.myaction=myaction
 		self.digraph=portage.digraph()
@@ -1037,7 +1045,8 @@
 					print "\n*** Package in world file is not installed: "+x
 			mylist=[]
 			for x in sysdict.keys():
-				mylist.append(sysdict[x])
+				if not self.ignorance.__contains__(sysdict[x]):
+					mylist.append(sysdict[x])
 
 		for mydep in mylist:
 			myeb=portage.portdb.xmatch("bestmatch-visible",mydep)
@@ -2360,7 +2369,7 @@
 			print darkgreen("emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume...")
 			sys.exit(0)
 
-		mydepgraph=depgraph(myaction,myopts)
+		mydepgraph=depgraph(myaction,myopts,ignorance)
 		if myaction in ["system","world"]:
 			print "Calculating",myaction,"dependencies  ",
 			if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction):