These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies ... done!
Dependency resolution took 0.83 s (backtrack: 0/20).


!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p18-r3" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p18-r3::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/Volumes/Disk 1/Repository/portage-git/profiles/package.mask:
# Jaco Kroon <jkroon@gentoo.org> (2026-10-06)
# Unmaintained, abandoned by maintainer.
# You can look at net-misc/ntpsec or net-misc/chrony as replacement.
# See also: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol
# Removal on 2027-01-04. Bug #962880, and many more.


For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.