On 03/24/2018 02:01 AM, Kent Fredric wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:02:20 +0100
> Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
>> ...except that it is also used to say 'this is experimental version,
>> unmask at will' and Portage wants to unmask stuff for you anyway. Well,
>> I mean the default configuration of Portage, not mine.
> 
> Yeah, that default I find incredibly stupid tbh.
> 
> Auto-unmask use works nicely. Autounmask for package.mask and
> accept_keywords is just madness I'd love to see stopped.
> 
> Its right up on my list of "portage doing ultra dumb stuff? Turn this
> off".
> 
> I have it turned off in my defaults.

The defaults certainly do not work perfectly in all situations. However,
there are a vast number of situations where using --autounmask-continue
will make appropriate package.mask changes without the need for any user
intervention.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac