On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:10:47 -0600, Dale wrote: > could someone send me a copy of a sets file > for something like KDE or something. Just something I can use for a > template if you would. A sets file is just a list of packages, in the same format as /var/lib/portage/world. A quick and dirty way to move your KDE packages into a set mkdir -p /etc/portage/sets grep '^kde-base' /var/lib/portage/world >/etc/portage/sets/kde sed -i '/^kde-base/d' /var/lib/portage/world echo '@kde' >>/var/lib/portage/world_sets -- Neil Bothwick A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.