taylor-uucp-1.07 appears to fix a bug with configuration file location (/etc/uucp/...) however upgrading to this does not fix the permissions on /var/lock/uucp. This directory needs to be: drwxrwxr-x 2 root uucp 80 Jan 20 15:51 uucp But after emerging 1.07 it is: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 20 15:51 uucp Note that group needs to be uucp and group+w is required on permissions.
Fixed in cvs thanks for the bug report.