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# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask,v 1.3224 2004/10/05 21:15:40 eradicator Exp $#
#When you add an entry to this file, add your name, the date, and an
#explanation of why something is getting masked
#
# NOTE: Please add your entry at the top!
#

##
##  This is an example
##
# <bangert@gentoo.org> (28 Jun 2002)
# psypete says these are broken and i am using the
# opporturnity to test the masking style :)
# <bangert@gentoo.org> (28 Jun 2002)
# psypete says these are not really broken - its just
# the v4l stuff that does not work
#=media-video/mplayer-0.90_pre5
#=media-video/mplayer-0.90_pre5-r1

##
##   End example
##

# Brad Cowan <bcowan@gentoo.org> (04 Oct 2004)
# masking until out of beta
=xfce-base/xfce-mcs-manager-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfce4-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfce4-base-4.1.90
=xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.1.90
=xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.1.90
=xfce-base/libxfce4mcs-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfce-mcs-plugins-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfwm4-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfce-utils-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xfprint-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfce4-iconbox-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfce4-systray-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfce4-toys-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfwm4-themes-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfcalendar-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfce4-appfinder-4.1.90
=xfce-extra/xfce4-icon-theme-4.1.90
=xfce-base/xffm-4.1.90

# Patrick Kursawe <phosphan@gentoo.org> (04 Oct 2004)
# necessary gcc version not yet there
=dev-lang/maude-2.1.1-r1

# <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (30 Sep 2004)
# Until www-apps/midcom is worked out
www-apps/spider-admin

# Gustavo Felisberto <humpback@gentoo.org> (30 Sep 2004)
# Skype is beta binary software and users complain in Gentoo Bugzilla
# Will remove this only when there is a stable Linux Skype release
net-im/skype

# Jeremy Huddleston <eradicator@gentoo.org> (29 Sep 2004)
# Backwards compatibility problems in the API... many libexif packages
# result in this:
# error: too few arguments to function `exif_entry_get_value'
=media-libs/libexif-0.6.10

# Heinrich Wendel <lanius@gentoo.org> (29 Sep 2004)
# This Swig version breaks a lot of stuff, since it doesn't
# provide the runtime libraries
=dev-lang/swig-1.3.22

# Robert Coie <rac@gentoo.org> (28 Sep 2004)
# FEATURES=maketest is still dodgy, and even when I got the whole
# shebang to actually build and install, it was segfaulting on me, so
# there are some deep-seated issues here.  The Mason ebuild will go
# in, but without the apache2 USE.  Also must decide whether or not to
# depend on ApacheHandler2.
>=dev-perl/mod_perl-1.99.16
dev-perl/libapreq2

# Mamoru KOMACHI <usata@gentoo.org> (28 Sep 2004)
# masked for security reason; bug #64947
<=dev-tex/latex2rtf-1.9.15-r1

# Rainer Groesslinger <scandium@gentoo.org> (25 Sept 2004)
# masked for testing new stuff
=dev-util/cvs-1.12*

# Armando Di Cianno <fafhrd@gentoo.org> (22 Sept 2004)
# - antiquated GNUstep packages should've been masked long, long ago
# - This will "make room" for the new packages/setup for GNUstep
# - This will make it much more apparent to users that these packages
#     are broken, for most intents and purposes
# gnustep-libs
=gnustep-libs/gnustep-guile-1.0.3
=gnustep-libs/gnustep-guile-1.1.1
=gnustep-libs/jigs-1.5.5
=gnustep-libs/renaissance-0.7.0
=gnustep-libs/pantomime-1.1.0*
# gnustep-base
<=gnustep-base/gnustep-make-1.7.2
<=gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.7.2
<=gnustep-base/gnustep-gui-0.8.8
<=gnustep-base/gnustep-back-0.8.8
=gnustep-base/gnustep-env-0.1
# gnustep-apps
=gnustep-apps/affiche-0.6.0
=gnustep-apps/easydiff-0.1
=gnustep-apps/gnumail-1.1.0
=gnustep-apps/gorm-0.3.0
=gnustep-apps/gridlock-1.6.1
=gnustep-apps/gworkspace-0.5.3
=gnustep-apps/helpviewer-0.3
=gnustep-apps/imageviewer-0.6.2
=gnustep-apps/projectcenter-0.3.5
=gnustep-apps/talksoup-0.81
=gnustep-apps/terminal-0.9.4

# Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@gentoo.org> (23 Sep 2004)
# upstream is unstable
>=dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.1_pre

# Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org> (19 Sep 2004)
# fatal error: input stack limit exceeded (probable infinite loop)
# bug #64117 (waiting on patches from robmoss)
=sys-apps/groff-1.19.1

# Tom Martin <slarti@gentoo.org> (19 Sep 2004)
# Seems unmaintained upstream, obsoleted by irssi-0.8.10_rc5.
# Pending removal from the tree.
net-irc/irssi-charconv

# Jeremy Huddleston <eradicator@gentoo.org> (18 Sep 2004)
# 1.1 versions have problems with 100% CPU usage with
# gstreamer.
>=media-sound/amarok-1.1_beta2

# Aron Griffis <agriffis@gentoo.org> (15 Sep 2004)
# New modular net-scripts need testing
>=sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.0

# <foser@gentoo.org> (14 Sep 2004)
# Big GNOME 2.8 mask
>=gnome-base/gnome-2.7
>=x11-libs/pango-1.5
>=gnome-base/orbit-2.11
>=gnome-base/gconf-2.7
>=gnome-base/gnome-keyring-0.3
>=gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.7
>=gnome-base/libbonobo-2.7
>=gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.7
>=gnome-base/libgnome-2.7
>=gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.7
>=gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.7
>=gnome-base/eel-2.7
>=gnome-base/nautilus-2.7
>=gnome-base/control-center-2.7
>=gnome-extra/bug-buddy-2.7
>=gnome-extra/gnome-media-2.7
>=media-gfx/eog-2.7
>=net-www/epiphany-1.3
>=app-arch/file-roller-2.7
>=gnome-extra/gcalctool-5.5
>=gnome-extra/gconf-editor-2.7
>=app-editors/gedit-2.7
>=app-text/ggv-2.7
>=app-text/gpdf-2.7
>=gnome-base/gnome-session-2.7
>=gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.7
>=gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.7
>=gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.7
>=x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-2.7
>=x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.7
>=x11-terms/gnome-terminal-2.7
>=x11-libs/gtksourceview-1.1
>=gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.7
>=gnome-base/libgnomeprintui-2.7
>=gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.7
>=gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.7
>=gnome-extra/gnome-games-extra-data-2.7
>=gnome-base/libgtop-2.7
>=gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-2.7
>=gnome-base/librsvg-2.7
>=x11-libs/libwnck-2.7
>=x11-wm/metacity-2.8.3
>=gnome-extra/zenity-2.7
>=net-analyzer/gnome-netstatus-2.7
>=gnome-extra/nautilus-cd-burner-2.7
net-misc/vino
# Gnome Accessibility
# <leonardop@gentoo.org> (18 Aug 2004)
>=app-accessibility/gnome-mag-0.11
>=app-accessibility/gnome-speech-0.3.3
>=app-accessibility/gnopernicus-0.9
>=app-accessibility/gok-0.11
>=dev-libs/atk-1.7
>=gnome-base/gail-1.7
>=gnome-extra/at-spi-1.5
>=gnome-extra/libgail-gnome-1.1
# <foser@gentoo.org> (17 Aug 2004)
# Utopia stack for gnome for testing
sys-apps/dbus
sys-apps/hal
gnome-extra/hal-device-manager
gnome-base/gnome-volume-manager
# <liquidx@gentoo.org> (6 Aug 2004)
# development versions of evolution.
# warning: installing evolution-data-server will break evolution-1.4
gnome-extra/evolution-data-server
>=gnome-extra/gal-2.1
>=gnome-extra/libgtkhtml-3.1
>=mail-client/evolution-1.5
>=net-libs/libsoup-2.1
gnome-extra/evolution-webcal
>=mail-client/ximian-connector-2
# End of big GNOME 2.8 mask

# <usata@usata.org> (07 Sep 2004)
# Masked for multiple vulnerabilities (bug #62618)
=app-arch/lha-114i-r2
=app-arch/lha-114i-r3

# <stuart@gentoo.org (06 Sept 2004)
# Disabled all versions of NX until I've had change to investigate
# bug #62912
net-misc/nxserver-personal
net-misc/nxserver-business
net-misc/nxserver-enterprise
net-misc/nxserver-freenx

# <foser@gentoo.org> (03 Sep 2004)
# Up for removal, unmaintained (#62566)
app-office/gaby

# <squinky86@gentoo.org> (28 Aug 2004)
# dependency on pygtk remasked
>=net-p2p/gnome-btdownload-0.0.12

# <lucass@gentoo.org> (26 Aug 2004)
# unstable branch of pygtk
=dev-python/pygtk-2.3*

# <lanius@gentoo.org> (26 Aug 2004)
# this is an technology preview
=net-www/opera-7.60_alpha1

# <chriswhite@gentoo.org> (25 Aug 2004)
# alpha version, seems ok to ~arch, but just to be safe..
media-video/jahshaka

# <genone@gentoo.org> (25 Aug 2004)
# Version including CVS snapshots for gtk2 and pgp-inline support, masked until
# it proofs itself usable.
=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-0.9.12a-r1

# <swegener@gentoo.org> (25 Aug 2004)
# alpha software and segfaults when deleting rows
dev-db/mysql-query-browser

# <foser@gentoo.org> (24 Aug 2004)
# up for removal (#61417)
net-misc/gnupsc

# <carlo@gentoo.org> (23 Aug 2004)
# upstream development suspended
# package can be removed in a few months
dev-db/mysqlcc

# <chriswhite@gentoo.org> (21 Aug 2004)
# MPlayer with custom CFLAGS
# Masking until I see what breakage it may have
>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r4

# <chriswhite@gentoo.org> (21 Aug 2004)
# CVS snapshot source testing version
dev-lang/fpc-source

# <pauldv@gentoo.org> (19 Aug 2004)
# Mask the release candidate
=dev-util/subversion-1.1.0_rc2
=dev-util/subversion-1.1.0_rc4

# <agriffis@gentoo.org> (19 Aug 2004)
# Masking because this package is not ready for prime, but want it in
# portage for better observation (and users are clamoring)
app-office/mozilla-sunbird-bin
app-office/mozilla-sunbird

# <agriffis@gentoo.org> (18 Aug 2004)
# Masking due to security issues that will never be solved since there
# are no new versions forthcoming, bug 56109
net-www/netscape-navigator
net-www/netscape-communicator

# <langthang@gentoo.org> (18 Aug 2004)
# mask postfix-1.* to see if anyone complaint.
<mail-mta/postfix-2

# <latexer@gentoo.org> (17 Aug 2004)
# These versions of mono include (broken) NPTL support (bug #54603)
=dev-dotnet/mono-1.0.1-r2
=dev-dotnet/mono-1.0.2-r1

# <squinky86@gentoo.org> (17 Aug 2004)
# Masked by request of upstream developers.
>=net-p2p/mldonkey-2.5.17

# <seemant@gentoo.org> (13 Aug 2004)
# Masked for TESTING by DEVS and ARCHES!
=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.99*

# <pfeifer@gentoo.org> (12 Aug 2004)
# Masked for following ebuilds for testing:
=sys-apps/mindi-1.10
=sys-apps/mondo-rescue-2.10

# <latexer@gentoo.org> (11 Aug 2004)
# This is broken with recent mono releases. Waiting on a new upstream release
dev-util/mono-debugger

# <nakano@gentoo.org> (Aug 10 2004)
# PostgreSQL-8* are still beta versions for testing purposes, 
# probably very unstable.
=dev-db/postgresql-8*

# <mkennedy@gentoo.org> (8 Aug 2004)
# won't build for now
dev-lisp/cl-rsm-gen-prog
dev-lisp/cl-rsm-genetic-alg

# <eradicator@gentoo.org> (6 Aug 2004) New version of rosegarden has
# -fPIC, -fexceptions, and gcc-3.4 issues.  I believe the pic and
# gcc34 issues are fixed, but the Makefiles need to be edited to strip
# out -fno-exceptions where appropriate.
# =media-sound/rosegarden-4.0.9.9

# <twp@gentoo.org> (6 Aug 2004)
# Masked until linking problems are solved
=dev-lang/lua-5.0.2-r1

# <axxo@gentoo.org> (Aug 1 2004)
# Untill 1.5 jdk is unmasked
=x11-misc/lookingglass-bin-0.5

# <ciaranm@gentoo.org> (Jul 26 2004)
# Mask kvim until vim7 is out. See bug #56992 for details.
=app-editors/kvim-6*

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (19 July 2004)
# Mask because it seems broken.
=dev-lang/snobol-1.0

# <esammer@gentoo.org> (18 July 2004)
# Mysql 4.1.3 changed the number of arguments to shutdown breaking
# this module. This version of the perl module should work, but is
# super-untested and is, therefore, masked.
=dev-perl/DBD-mysql-2.9004

# <eldad@gentoo.org> (16 July 2004)
# Nessus 2.1.x is the development branch, not for production use.
=net-analyzer/libnasl-2.1*
=net-analyzer/nessus-libraries-2.1*
=net-analyzer/nessus-plugins-2.1*
=net-analyzer/nessus-2.1*
=net-analyzer/nessus-core-2.1*

# <pylon@gentoo.org> (11 July 2004)
# Does not compile with gcc-3.4 in the USE=gnome dependencies

# <usata@gentoo.org> (2 July 2004)
# emacs-unicode-2 branch is not stable and SLOT support for emacs
# is imcomplete. info directory handling should be reconsidered.
>=app-editors/emacs-cvs-22

# <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (25 June 2004)
# No worky for me.  Needs some love from Spanky.
games-arcade/mtp-target-bin

# <pythonhead@gentoo.org> (08 Sept 2004)
# Breaks a lot of wxGTK apps, masked until those are worked out
=x11-libs/wxGTK-2.5*

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (20 June 2004)
# mask waiting for sys-libs/db-4.2
=net-nds/openldap-2.2*

# <swegener@gentoo.org> (20 June 2004)
# alpha software, which is very buggy
net-irc/epic5

# <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (15 June 2004)
# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54059
=sys-devel/binutils-2.15.91.0.1-r2

# <rizzo@gentoo.org> (11 Jun 2004)
# I think this is only for php 5 anyway
>=dev-php/PEAR-PhpDocumentor-1.3.0_rc3

# <vapier@gentoo.org> (05 June 2004)
# Horribly broken ... it just eat's filesystems #51773
sys-fs/progsreiserfs

# <games@gentoo.org> (26 May 2004)
# Using system libmikmod breaks mod music #52064
>=media-libs/sdl-mixer-1.2.5-r2

# <pauldv@gentoo.org> (24 May 2004)
# Insecure, do not use unless for converting old databases
<dev-util/subversion-1.0.3

# <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> (24 May 2004)
# Doing this to keep users from breaking their systems by installing these
# with USE=opengl until I close bug #51726.
>=app-misc/livecd-tools-1.0.3

# <kanaka@gentoo.org> (18 May 2004)
# these have fetch restrictions, since 0.3.0.123 doesn't have fetch
# restrictions, I have masked these.
=media-video/helixplayer-bin-0.3.0.71
=media-video/helixplayer-bin-0.3.0.124

# <foser@gentoo.org> (12 May 2004)
# masking out for now, because of their unstable nature
dev-util/gst-editor
media-video/gst-player

# <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (11 May 2004)
# masking this mis-named version "from the future"
# should have been 2003... (bug #50494)
=games-emulation/zsnes-1.37_pre20041220

# <squinky86@gentoo.org> (01 May 2004)
# accessibility testing for development purposes
app-accessibility/speechd-up

# <lu_zero@gentoo.org> (25 Apr 2004)
# Working fine on ppc, but needs -fno-strict-aliasing to behave.
=sys-devel/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040426

# <foser@gentoo.org> (20 Apr 2004)
# gnome meta update tracker
=gnome-base/gnome-2.6_p1
=gnome-base/gnome-2.6.1_p1
=gnome-base/gnome-2.6.2_p1
=gnome-base/gnome-2.6.3_pre*

# <lanius@gentoo.org> (12 Apr 2004) (upd. 25 Aug 2004)
# these are beta version
=media-gfx/gimp-print-5.0.0_beta1
=media-gfx/gimp-print-5.0.0_beta2

# <klasikahl@gentoo.org> (09 Apr 2004)
# Still in the testing phase.
# Just changed the package name, so I'm fixing the line up.
app-admin/mailmin

# <battousai@gentoo.org> (08 Apr 2004)
# Needs more development and testing. Don't use it yet.
>=x11-base/xfree-drm-4.3.0-r8

# <humpback@gentoo.org> (07 Apr 2004)
# these are here waiting for jabberd2
>=net-im/jabberd-2

# <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> (04 Apr 2004)
# versioning change.
>=games-arcade/pachi-20000000

# <klieber@gentoo.org> (01 Apr 2004)
# The following packages contain a remotely-exploitable
# security vulnerability and have been hard masked accordingly.
#
# Please see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44351 for more info
#
# You may unmask this package by placing an appropriate entry in your
# /etc/portage/package.unmask file
games-fps/unreal
games-fps/unreal-tournament
games-fps/unreal-tournament-goty
games-fps/unreal-tournament-infiltration
games-fps/unreal-tournament-strikeforce
games-fps/unreal-tournament-bonuspacks
games-fps/aaut

# <humpback@gentoo.org> (28 Mar 2004)
# Needs some more testing
>=net-im/jabberoo-1.9.3
>=net-im/gabber-1.9.3

# <lu_zero@gentoo.org> (25 Mar 2004)
# Working fine on ppc, but needs -fno-strict-aliasing to behave.
=sys-devel/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040322

# <raker@gentoo.org> (18 Mar 2004)
# The latest AfterStep beta is broken :(
=x11-wm/afterstep-2.0_beta4

# <aliz@gentoo.org> (17 Mar 2004)
# Security related
~dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7c

# <avenj@gentoo.org> (15 Mar 2004)
# Borks with GCC 3.3, apparently.
=sys-devel/oskit-20020317

# <vapier@gentoo.org> (09 Mar 2004)
# CVS ebuild to help out developers
=x11-wm/enlightenment-0.16.9999

# <rajiv@gentoo.org> (03 Mar 2004)
# security problems. see bug #43658.
<net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.9

# <weeve@gentoo.org> (02 Mar 2004)
# mask slib-3.1.1 until gnucash can get a fix for it
=dev-libs/slib-3.1.1

# <lu_zero@gentoo.org> (27 Feb 2004)
# needs testing
=sys-apps/attr-2.4.8

# <foser@gentoo.org> (24 Feb 2004)
# breaks source builds
# needs fixes troughout the tree
# lot of testing needed !
>=media-libs/freetype-2.1.6

# <liquidx@gentoo.org> (19 Feb 2004)
# possible symlink vunerability (#41253)
<x11-misc/xscreensaver-4.14-r2

# <lu_zero@gentoo.org> (17 Feb 2004)
# gcloop support, to be tested a bit
=sys-apps/util-linux-2.12-r5

# <absinthe@gentoo.org> (17 Feb 2004)
# major API changes; not compatible with anything yet
>=dev-libs/libmal-0.40


# <genone@gentoo.org> (12 Feb 2004)
# masking stuff that depends on realplayer as it breaks the dependency chain
# with realplayer being masked.
media-plugins/rmxmms
media-plugins/realvideo-codecs

# <solar@gentoo.org> (06 Feb 2004)
# RealOne/RealPlayer 8 vulnerabilities bug #40469
media-video/realplayer
media-video/realone

# <george@gentoo.org> (03 Feb 2004)
# blas dependants, will have to be unmasked after virtual is finalized and blas is unmasked
=app-sci/xfoil-6.94-r1

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (22 Jan 2004)
# masked because these don't work atm
<net-analyzer/ns-2.27

# <foser@gentoo.org> (16 Jan 2004)
# development release
>=gnome-extra/gnome-network-1.99

# <rphillips@gentoo.org> (15 Jan 2004)
# prerelease version, but first that support signing
>=dev-util/tla-20040113

# <spyderous@gentoo.org> (16 Sept 2004)
# change from -r7 to xorg -- -r7 was a security release, xfree is deprecated
# <spyderous@gentoo.org> (14 Feb 2004)
# change from -r5 to -r6 -- -r5 was another security release (sigh)
# <spyderous@gentoo.org> (12 Feb 2004)
# change from -r4 to -r5 -- -r4 was security release
# <battousai@gentoo.org> (13 Jan 2004)
# needs testing and xfree-4.3.0-r7 release first
>=media-video/ati-gatos-4.3

# <lanius@gentoo.org> (11 Jan 2004)
# force downgrade
>=x11-libs/openmotif-2.2.2

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (10 Jan 2004)
# blocked for testing
=mail-mta/qmail-ldap-1.03-r3

# <solar@gentoo.org> (Jan 11 2004)
# buffer overflow in control message handling. (not maintained?)
<net-news/inn-2.4.1

# <solar@gentoo.org> (Jan 11 2004)
# multiple vulnerabilities discovered in zebra.
net-misc/zebra

# <axxo@gentoo.org>
# If you use 1.5 you will get sandbox violations on /dev/random
# please don't file any more bugs on that issue 
#
# 1.5 defaults too -target 1.5 making downgrading to a 1.4(/1.3)
# impossible, see bug 65937 for more information/discussion
>=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.99
>=dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.4.99

# <karltk@gentoo.org> (09 Jan 2004)
# Placeholder to remind people it's deprecated.
>=dev-util/eclipse-sdk-bin-1.0

# <lu_zero@gentoo.org> (06 Jan 2004)
# Has memory leak issue
=media-video/ati-drivers-3.7.0

# <taviso@gentoo.org> (06 Jan 2004)
# alpha branch of gnupg.
>=app-crypt/gnupg-1.9.0
# <dragonheart@gentoo.org> (27 Aug 2004)
# Masked due to gnupg-1.9
=app-crypt/gpgme-0.9.0-r20
# <dragonheart@gentoo.org> (3 Oct 2004)
=app-crypt/gpgme-1.0.0-r1

# <lanius@gentoo.org> (31 Dec 2003)
# fix version scheme
# (accidently commited 3.0.20031018 as 20031018)
>=net-print/foomatic-2000
>=net-print/foomatic-db-engine-2000
>=net-print/foomatic-filters-2000

# <solar@gentoo.org> (13 Dec 2003)
# <seemant@gentoo.org> (11 Dec 2003)
# malformed dcc send requests in xchat-2.0.6
# can lead to a denial of service. Bug #35623
=net-irc/xchat-2.0.6

# <dragonheart@gentoo.org> (27 August 2004)
# <hattya@gentoo.org> (20 Jun 2004)
# <seemant@gentoo.org> (12 Dec 2003)
# All the sylpheed-gtk2 versions will be masked here together
# The sylpheed-0.9.8-r2 is probably the ugliest ebuild I've ever made.
# But it works. sorta. :)
=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-0.9.5-r1
=mail-client/sylpheed-0.9.12-r4
=mail-client/sylpheed-0.9.12-r6

# <genone@gentoo.org> (30 Nov 2003)
# Service is down, current versions won't work with the new service
<=app-portage/gentoo-stats-0.4

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (30 Nov 2003)
# Need external testing
=mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r14

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (29 Nov 2003)
# Need external testing
>=mail-mta/qmail-mysql-1.03-r13

# <brad@gentoo.org> (22 Nov 2003)
# Mask mandrake-artwork-0.9.6 until it works with KDE
=x11-themes/mandrake-artwork-0.9.6

# <robbat2@gentoo.org> (20 Oct 2003)
# needs gcc3.3/tcl8.4 fixing
dev-embedded/picptk

# <tseng@gentoo.org> (11 Oct 2003)
# Mask pending a solution to bsetroot
=x11-misc/commonbox-utils-0.5

# <seemant@gentoo.org> (02 Aug 2003)
# masking openafs-1.3 series as it is really unstable and useless
=net-fs/openafs-1.3*

# <agriffis@gentoo.org> (29 Jul 2003)
# mask nforce-net-1.0.0261 for bug 24815
=net-misc/nforce-net-1.0.0261*

# <liquidx@gentoo.org> (28 Jun 2003)
# cjkcodecs replaces koreancodecs and possibly japanesecodecs
dev-python/koreancodecs
dev-python/japanesecodecs

# <seemant@gentoo.org> (21 May, 2003)
# Masked while it's still under development.
media-fonts/chkfontpath

# <fava@gentoo.org>, <robbat2@gentoo.org> (24 Apr 2003)
# work in progress, broken ebuild
>=app-portage/ufed-0.40

# <seemant@gentoo.org> (22 Apr 2003)
# the package is unmainteained and dead upstream. it will die in portage
# accordingly.
media-plugins/avi-xmms

# <zwelch@gentoo.org> (06 Apr 2003)
# New versions of packages that have new cross-compiling support
#  These will be unmasked once everything has been fully tested
>=sys-devel/gcc-config-1.4

# <lu_zero@gentoo.org> (16 Mar 2003)
# to be tested, seems unstable
net-dialup/hcfusbmodem

# <azarah@gentoo.org> (09 Mar 2003)
# Beta versions of m4 we have been using up to date borks
# autoconf-2.13, bug #15573
>=sys-devel/m4-1.4a

# <liquidx@gentoo.org> (13 Mar 2003)
# evolution beta and friends. may cause breakage!
# NEVER remove this mask!! We once renamed gtkhtml-3.0 to libgtkhtml-3.0,
# so if you remove it, gtk+1 apps that use gtkhtml will get the wrong deps
# - liquidx (10 Jun 2003)
=mail-client/evolution-1.3*
>=gnome-extra/gtkhtml-3.0

# <liquidx@gentoo.org> (10 Mar 2003)
# not really stable enough for my tastes. needs testing.
dev-db/mergeant

# <chadh@gentoo.org> (23 Jan 2003)
# new pcmcia-cs ebuilds need testing and acceptance
sys-apps/pcmcia-cs-tools
sys-apps/pcmcia-cs-drivers

# <mkennedy@gentoo.org> (14 Dec 2002)
# see dev-db/postgresql #11822, net-im/sim #11654, and net-misc/mico
# (btw, all the other distros are using 2.5.4a)
>=sys-devel/flex-2.5.23

# <phoenix@gentoo.org> (21 Nov 2002)
# The huge nsplugins mask. These plugins use
# the new layout (/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins)
# and should work in both mozilla and phoenix.
=net-www/netscape-plugger-4.0-r2
=media-video/realplayer-8-r3
=app-text/djvu-3.5.9-r1

# <verwilst@gentoo.org> (13 Nov 2002)
# B0rks jabber-server, using 1.4.0 instead
~dev-libs/pth-1.4.1

# <chadh@gentoo.org> (21 Oct 2002)
# This is a version of pcmcia-cs-3.2.1 with a patch to let it work with kismet
# see bug 7242.  Until it is checked, it should remain masked
=sys-apps/pcmcia-cs-3.2.1-r2
=sys-apps/pcmcia-cs-3.2.2

# <blizzy@gentoo.org> (20 Oct 2002)
# breaks xfree
=sys-devel/bison-1.75

# <george@gentoo.org> (15 Oct 2002)
# new version has some issues with gcc-3.2
=dev-lisp/gcl-2.4.3

# <kain@kain.org> (17 Sep 2002)
# gcc 3.2 and kerberos v5 fixes for cyrus-sasl; still needs wider testing
# also making sure cyrus-sasl can integrate with OpenLDAP, whose configure
# scripts don't know how to find cyrus-sasl-2
#=net-nds/openldap-2.0.25-r3
=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-r5

# <seemant@gentoo.org> (25 Jul 2002)
# masked because of unhealthy groupadd operation in postinst
# needs sorting out on the policy
app-misc/nomadii-utils

# <seemant@gentoo.org> (25 Jul 2002)
# masked while licensing is sorted out
app-misc/ldapbrowser

# <raker@gentoo.org> (16 Jul 2002)
# libwmfun completes compiling but doesn't appear to support PLDrawString
# functions correctly.  Masking while incompatible pointers are figured out
=x11-libs/libwmfun-0.0.4

# According to spider this breaks gnome-vfs (sandymac, 03 May 2002):
# and evolution (azarah, 05 May 2002)
# Do NOT install this without backing up your glibc first.
# This package overwrites glibc's /usr/include/iconv.h
# (jhhudso, 14 Jan 2003)
dev-libs/libiconv

# Only use the mesa and mesa-glu provided with x11-base/xfree,
# as the external ones gives problems in most cases with DRI/DRM.
# Nvidia users do not use it anyhow, and tdfx users report that
# it works fine with the mesa included with xfree.  If you do
# unmask these, make sure that you know what you are doing, and
# know that if anything breaks, then you get to keep the pieces.
#
# azarah (26 May 2002)
>=media-libs/mesa-3.0
>=media-libs/mesa-glu-3.0
>=media-libs/sgi-oss-glu-1.0

# We are masking out the shadow snapshots now, to coincide
# with the new pam rollout. ( Woodchip - Mar 20 2002)
>=sys-apps/shadow-5

#untested, author mentions an error
media-libs/id3lib-docs

# stricter syntax required, easily broken.
# -taviso 13 Mar 2004
=x11-misc/habak-0.2.3

# Unmask these two, as the latest (automake-1.6-r1 and autoconf-2.53)
# should do some autodetection magic.
#
# Azarah (26/03/2002)
#
<sys-devel/autoconf-2.53a

# broken (achim)
app-text/sgml2x
>=app-admin/modlogan-0.7.4

# broken
>=media-video/mpeg2-movie-1.5

#seemant@gentoo.org 20 Mar 2002
# Masking medusa-0.5.1-r4 because it requires libtool-1.4.2 which is also masked
=gnome-extra/medusa-0.5.1-r4

# ticho@gentoo.org 25 Sep 2004
# Masking hotwayd-0.8, because it's been reported to corrupt emails (bug #58531). Package currently seems unmaintained.
=net-mail/hotwayd-0.8