--- /usr/bin/emerge	2004-04-08 16:53:30.000000000 -0700
+++ ./emerge	2004-04-08 17:23:39.513667648 -0700
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ shortmapping={
 myaction=None
 myopts=[]
 myfiles=[]
+ignorance=[]
 edebug=0
 
 # process short actions and options
@@ -194,9 +195,15 @@ for x in cmdline:
 		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."
@@ -690,7 +697,7 @@ def genericdict(mylist):
 olddbapi=None
 class depgraph:
 
-	def __init__(self,myaction,myopts):
+	def __init__(self,myaction,myopts,ignorance):
 		global olddbapi
 		self.pkgsettings = portage.config(clone=portage.settings)
 		if not self.pkgsettings["ARCH"]:
@@ -698,7 +705,8 @@ class depgraph:
 			portage.writemsg(red("\a!!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?\n\n"))
 			sys.exit(9)
 		self.applied_useflags = {}
-		
+		self.ignorance=[]
+		self.ignorance=ignorance
 		self.missingbins=[]
 		self.myaction=myaction
 		self.digraph=portage.digraph()
@@ -1103,7 +1111,8 @@ class depgraph:
 					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)
@@ -2391,7 +2400,7 @@ elif "depclean"==myaction:
 		countdown(10, ">>> Depclean")
 		emergelog(" >>> depclean")
 
-	mydepgraph=depgraph(myaction,myopts)
+	mydepgraph=depgraph(myaction,myopts,[])
 	syslist=getlist("system")
 	worldlist=getlist("world")
 
@@ -2502,7 +2511,7 @@ else:
 			if myopt not in myresumeopts:
 				myresumeopts.append(myopt)
 		myopts=myresumeopts
-		mydepgraph=depgraph("resume",myopts)
+		mydepgraph=depgraph("resume",myopts,[])
 		if "--resume" not in myopts:
 			myopts+=["--resume"]
 	else:
@@ -2511,7 +2520,7 @@ else:
 			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):