profiles: Mask virtual/(jdk|jre):9

Java 9 is not yet fully supported on Gentoo.

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 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> (17 Dec 2017)
+# Java 9 is not yet fully supported on Gentoo. Packages cannot depend
+# on it so these virtuals are not yet required. If you wish to use
+# Java 9 now then install oracle-(jdk|jre)-bin:9 directly.
+virtual/jdk:9
+virtual/jre:9
+
 # Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> (16 Dec 2017)
 # Dev channel releases are only for people who are developers or want more
 # experimental features and accept a more unstable release.