Created attachment 337478 [details] sys-apps:portage-2.1.11.50:20130131-174050.log Happened when emerging a new system. FEATURES=distcc is in make.conf but distcc hasn't been installed yet, which should be a minor issue. The preinstall check faults on this, however. Not sure whether it should be fixed, really.
This is fixed in git: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=88e8f1fcc212c93b5dc35dd441f1431986de07b7
This is fixed in 2.1.11.51 and 2.2.0_alpha162.