root@vapier root # emerge -V Portage 2.0.44 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-sh: line 1: /usr/bin/gcc: No such file or directory, glibc-2.3.1-r2) root@vapier root # ls /usr/bin/gcc ls: /usr/bin/gcc: No such file or directory root@vapier root # gcc-config --get-bin-path /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2 so you might want to try using gcc-config, or just planning on the fact that gcc is in $PATH somewhere and running `gcc` will get the desired results
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12246#c8 <- your answer
fixed in cvs