alsa-lib-1.0.8 ebuild includes a message to upgrade all packages that link against it when moving from <= 1.0.5 to 1.0.8. The ebuild should include an example of how to find these. Such as 'equery d alsa-lib' and rebuild those listed packages. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Expected Results: Message on how to find/rebuild those packages.
ok, I added a message about revdep-rebuild.