--- equery	2004-04-20 00:51:31.285820076 -0700
+++ equery.new	2004-04-20 00:51:41.902798437 -0700
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@
 		
 		pkgtbl.append(cpv)
 		
+        try:
 		for x in pkg.get_runtime_deps():
 			suffix = ""
 			cpv = x[2]
@@ -471,6 +472,14 @@
 				if len(x[1]) and opts["displayUSEFlags"]:
 					suffix += " [ " + string.join(x[1]) + " ]"
 			pkgtbl = self._graph(pkg, opts, level+1, pkgtbl, suffix)
+        except KeyError:
+            # This package's ebuild file could not be found. Installed version could be too old.
+            # Portage module has already printed a warning. Add a message to clarify.
+            # It would be better in this case for Portage to not print the message.
+            indent = level + 1
+            if opts["fancyFormatting"]:
+                indent = indent + 4
+            print indent*" " + "(dependencies unknown -- ebuild missing)"
 		return pkgtbl
 
 	def shortHelp(self):
@@ -819,7 +828,12 @@
 			pkgmask = 0
 			if pkg.is_masked():
 				pkgmask = pkgmask + 3
+            try:
 			keywords = pkg.get_env_var("KEYWORDS").split()
+            except KeyError:
+                # ebuild does not exist.
+                print (5+1+4+1)*" " + pkg.get_cpv() + " (unknown -- ebuild missing)"
+                continue
 			if "~"+gentoolkit.settings["ARCH"] in keywords:
 				pkgmask = pkgmask + 1
 			elif "-*" in keywords or "-"+gentoolkit.settings["ARCH"] in keywords: