>
> > +1  It bit me, and just seems stupid.
>
> +1
>
> I like Neil's suggestion - eselect can put packages it knows about into a
> specially-named set.
>
>
I've logged the bug;
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367611

Based on the quality of Neil's posts i'm sure you're right, but i'll leave
the devs to choose the solution. I've just requested the check in the bug
above, not make any suggestions on how to implement it.