diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.accept_keywords b/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.accept_keywords
index a0ee168f3..d03206491 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.accept_keywords
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#seems the normal dev-lang/rust won't build
+dev-lang/rust-bin
+
 dev-ruby/thor amd64
 dev-ruby/crass amd64
 dev-ruby/loofah amd64
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.mask
index b0f8eae06..68c1f426d 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/arch/x86/package.mask
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-346.22
 #this doesn't build on x86 so help prefer icedtea-bin
 dev-java/icedtea
+
+#these just plain don't build on x86
+=dev-lang/rust-1.23.0-r1
+=dev-lang/rust-1.23.0
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/media-libs b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/media-libs
index ad11dd08a..d7e38e0f7 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/media-libs
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/media-libs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 =media-libs/jasper-1.900.1-r6
-
 ~media-libs/freetype-2.7.1
+
+#gpd pocket requires at least 1.1.5 but most of my testing was with 1.1.6
+#1.1.6 has different deps for python which breaks old gnuradio deps, so ease
+#the transition by allowing either version for now
+~media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.5
+~media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.6
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
index a26e9fbb8..7b3342fa1 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
@@ -42,3 +42,13 @@ dev-python/pycrypto
 #transition from wxGTK 2.8
 dev-python/wxpython:2.8
 x11-libs/wxGTK:2.8
+
+#force update
+<sys-apps/keyutils-1.5.9-r3
+<sys-devel/libtool-2.4.3-r2:2
+<sys-apps/attr-2.4.47-r2
+<sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-27
+<dev-lang/perl-5.24
+<sys-devel/gcc-6.4.0
+<sys-devel/binutils-2.29.1
+<sys-devel/binutils-libs-2.29.1
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/sys-apps b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/sys-apps
index 8fc6284a7..d9ef1209d 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/sys-apps
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/sys-apps
@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@ sys-apps/hwdata-gentoo binary-drivers
 sys-apps/lm_sensors sensord
 sys-apps/usermode-utilities fuse
 sys-apps/util-linux static-libs
+
+#portage really sucks with python2, significantly more stable to just remove that crap
+sys-apps/portage -python_targets_python2_7
+app-portage/gentoolkit -python_targets_python2_7
+app-portage/porthole -python_targets_python2_7
+app-portage/layman -python_targets_python2_7
+app-portage/gentoopm -python_targets_python2_7
+app-portage/smart-live-rebuild -python_targets_python2_7
+dev-java/java-config -python_targets_python2_7