On Friday, October 14, 2016 11:02:57 AM Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Does anyone have a copy of the firefox 38.x ebuild around?
> 
> The latest update wiped it out, and now if I take the plunge to the
> current versions (i.e. at least 45.x) and I find then insufferable, I
> have no way back :-(
> 
> btw I do make regular backups, but not of anything under /usr.  This
> will teach me.

Portage tree is now under git, so you should be able to do a git clone of it, 
jump back to a point in history where the ebuild you like is still present, 
and grab it from there.

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:wq