[gentoo-dev] local package.mask / or unmask

[Tom Prado]

Hello all,

There's probably something in the documentation describing how to do 
this but I couldn't seem to find anything anywhere.    I have 
modifications to my /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask but everytime I 
emerge rsync, I loose them all and have to reapply.   Is there a way to 
have a local package.mask file that I can use to both mask specific 
versions of packages and unmask others that are currently masked in the 
central one?  I tried creating one in /usr/portage.local/profiles (after 
setting PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/make.conf) but that didn't seem to have 
any effect.

Thank you for your time,
Tom Prado