code:


quad etc # eix msynctool
[U] app-pda/msynctool
     Available versions:  (~)0.22 (~)0.36 (~)9999
     Installed versions:  0.36(01:29:41 10.06.2010)
     Homepage:            http://www.opensync.org/
     Description:         OpenSync msync tool

quad etc # cat /etc/portage/package.unmask/msynctool 
=app-pda/msynctool-9999
quad etc # emerge msynctool -pv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] app-pda/msynctool-0.36  0 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
quad etc # emerge =app-pda/msynctool-9999 -pv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "=app-pda/msynctool-9999".

quad etc # 

code:

basilio@quad $ eix deluge
[I] net-p2p/deluge
     Available versions:  1.1.9 (~)1.2.0_rc5 1.2.0 (~)1.2.1 (**)9999 {gtk libnotify webinterface}
     Installed versions:  9999(23:57:57 15.04.2010)(gtk libnotify webinterface)
     Homepage:            http://deluge-torrent.org/
     Description:         BitTorrent client with a client/server model.

basilio@quad ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords/deluge 
net-p2p/deluge **
basilio@quad ~ $ 

code:

basilio@quad ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.unmask/opensync 
=app-pda/msynctool-9999
=app-pda/libsyncml-9999
=app-pda/libopensync-9999
=app-pda/libopensync-plugin-irmc-9999
=app-pda/libopensync-plugin-vformat-9999
=app-pda/libopensync-plugin-evolution2-9999
=app-pda/libopensync-plugin-syncml-9999