On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:50:09 +0200
Rod <Rod@Rods.id.au> wrote:

>     For this package and everything else I wish to apply, this is 
> locking my system in time so I can no longer upgrade any software ;o(

You can use "emerge --keep-going" flag for portage-2.2 or
"emerge --resume --skip-first" for earlier versions to update
everything else.
There's also some simple sh-scripts for emulating "--keep-going"
functionality for earlier portage versions. I can't remember any
specific names, but I'm sure google should be able to help here.

If the problem is specific to this exact version of package (gmp
usually builds, but 4.3.1 fails) and the update itself is not critical
to you (like when you don't even know what it'll bring) then you can
just ignore it altogether - there's a good chance 4.3.2 or 4.4.0 or
whatever-next-version-is will compile cleanly.

-- 
Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net