etcat does not show the masked/un/stable status of installed pkg ex. 'etcat -v sylpheed-claws' does not show that 0.9.12a-r1 is unstable ... <snip> porkoo ~ # etcat -v sylpheed-claws [ Results for search key : sylpheed-claws ] [ Candidate applications found : 6 ] Only printing found installed programs. * mail-client/sylpheed-claws : [ ] 0.9.7 (0) OVERLAY [ ] 0.9.10 (0) OVERLAY [ ] 0.9.11 (0) OVERLAY [ ~ ] 0.9.12a (0) OVERLAY [ I] 0.9.12a-r1 (0) OVERLAY [ ~ ] 0.9.12b (0) OVERLAY porkoo ~ # emerge =sylpheed-claws-0.9.12b porkoo ~ # etcat -v sylpheed-claws [ Results for search key : sylpheed-claws ] [ Candidate applications found : 6 ] Only printing found installed programs. * mail-client/sylpheed-claws : [ ] 0.9.7 (0) OVERLAY [ ] 0.9.10 (0) OVERLAY [ ] 0.9.11 (0) OVERLAY [ ~ ] 0.9.12a (0) OVERLAY [ ~ ] 0.9.12a-r1 (0) OVERLAY [ I] 0.9.12b (0) OVERLAY </snip>
qpkg and etcat are deprecated, please use equery instead.
have a look at: equery list --help example: equery list -i -p sylpheed-claws