I have just install a brand new gentoo on my box using the 1.4_rc2 liveCD. During the installation, all was working fine (except maybe the mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev which make errors with baselayout package), but, when i want to compile my kernel, make menuconfig told me : Library Ncurses not found ... in fact, i noticed that before that there were a /bin/sh: gcc command not found. So the problem is not difficult to resolve, you just have to set a correct path (export PATH="$PATH:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2/") before the kernel compilation (maybe at Stage 2 end) ... and it will be solved That's all ! cya PS: Sorry for my awful english, i'm just a french student :)
Issue has been fixed for a while, closing out bug.