Re: [gentoo-user] Changing portage.* file to a directory.

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Samstag 03 Oktober 2009, Dale wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm wanting to change the portage.* files to a directory since portage
> has been supporting this for while now.  I have a question tho.  I have
> a few files that are not currently "active".  I have them named
> package.keyword.old and a few others with other things attached to the
> end.  Naturally I don't want to include those files but want to hang
> onto the files.  Is there something that I can do when naming them that
> will tell portage to ignore them?  Maybe like putting a "#" in front of
> the name or something?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

???

just create package.use/keyword/unmask/mask directory, but do not put the files 
you don't want to be considered into them.