please add libmix as RDEPEND for all netcat ebuilds, since it's a dynamically linked library needed by your application. [1] when installing from binary packages (think catalyst or an enterprise setup), only RDEPEND is checked and that one is missing in your case. [2] [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html [2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/29509/ thanks, peter
not needed