On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:43:27 +0200, Frank Schwidom wrote: > how is it possible to reinstall an older Package from > /usr/portage/distfiles/, when the corresponding > ebuild /usr/portage///.ebuild > does not longer exists? Is there an option, to keep older > ebuilds intact during emerge --sync? There is no such option, but you can get expired ebuilds from http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/cat-egory/package Click the dead files link to see old ebuilds, download the one you want an put it in a local overlay. Then emerge with the -k option. -- Neil Bothwick EASY TO INSTALL = Difficult to install, but instruction manual has pictures.