--- pym/portage.py	(revision 2482)
+++ pym/portage.py	(working copy)
@@ -1934,8 +1934,9 @@ 
 									os.unlink(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile)
 									fetched=0
 								else:
-									for x_key in mydigests[myfile].keys():
-										writemsg(">>> Previously fetched file: "+str(myfile)+" "+x_key+" ;-)\n")
+									if os.environ.get("PORTAGE_QUIET", "") == "":
+										for x_key in mydigests[myfile].keys():
+											writemsg(">>> Previously fetched file: "+str(myfile)+" "+x_key+" ;-)\n")
 									fetched=2
 									break #No need to keep looking for this file, we have it!
 					else:
@@ -2037,8 +2038,9 @@ 
 									os.unlink(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile)
 									fetched=0
 								else:
-									for x_key in mydigests[myfile].keys():
-										writemsg(">>> "+str(myfile)+" "+x_key+" ;-)\n")
+									if os.environ.get("PORTAGE_QUIET", "") == "":
+										for x_key in mydigests[myfile].keys():
+											writemsg(">>> "+str(myfile)+" "+x_key+" ;-)\n")
 									fetched=2
 									break
 						except (OSError,IOError),e:
@@ -2293,7 +2295,8 @@ 
 			print
 			return 0
 		else:
-			print ">>> checksums "+note+" ;-)",x
+			if os.environ.get("PORTAGE_QUIET", "") == "":
+				print ">>> checksums "+note+" ;-)",x
 	return 1
 
 
--- bin/ebuild.sh	(revision 2482)
+++ bin/ebuild.sh	(working copy)
@@ -934,9 +934,11 @@ 
 }
 
 dyn_package() {
+	local tflags=""
 	trap "abort_package" SIGINT SIGQUIT
 	cd "${PORTAGE_BUILDDIR}/image"
-	tar cpvf - ./ | bzip2 -f > ../bin.tar.bz2 || die "Failed to create tarball"
+	[[ -n "${PORTAGE_QUIET}" ]] || tflags="v"
+	tar cp${tflags}f - ./ | bzip2 -f > ../bin.tar.bz2 || die "Failed to create tarball"
 	cd ..
 	xpak build-info inf.xpak
 	tbz2tool join bin.tar.bz2 inf.xpak "${PF}.tbz2"