from the log: QA Notice: the following files contain executable stacks Files with executable stacks will not work properly (or at all!) on some architectures/operating systems. A bug should be filed at http://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the file is fixed. RWX --- --- usr/sbin/john which is done now with this bug
fyi this has been fixed in both other versions in portage.
fixed in 1.6 fyi TEXTRELs are still a problem - bug #118153