diff --git a/build_library/portage/.gitkeep b/build_library/portage/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/build_library/portage/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives b/build_library/portage/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
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-# need this here because of stage1
-app-alternatives/awk gawk
-app-alternatives/bc gnu
-app-alternatives/bzip2 reference
-app-alternatives/cpio gnu
-app-alternatives/gzip reference
-app-alternatives/lex flex
-app-alternatives/sh bash
-app-alternatives/tar gnu
-app-alternatives/yacc bison