Broken /usr/portage/x11-misc/wmakerconf/wmakerconf-2.8.1-r1.ebuild. DEPEND="... gnome? ( ~gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.1.4 ) must be DEPEND="... gnome? ( gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.1.4 ) without a "~" at the beginning.
This happend in gentoo 1.3b Fresh emerge rsync was done.
You're kinda right. r2 will have it fixed. it'll be on rsync in a few minutes.