Index: bin/emerge
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--- bin/emerge	(revision 5956)
+++ bin/emerge	(revision 5957)
@@ -2054,6 +2054,15 @@
 					self.altlist()
 				print "!!! Error: circular dependencies:"
 				print
+				# Reduce the noise level to a minimum via elimination of root
+				# nodes.
+				while True:
+					root_nodes = mygraph.root_nodes(
+						ignore_priority=DepPriority.SOFT)
+					if not root_nodes:
+						break
+					for node in root_nodes:
+						mygraph.remove(node)
 				mygraph.debug_print()
 				sys.exit(1)