rdev on x86 is part of util linux, but on my amd64, I don't have the rdev binary. Johnny Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-amd64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-gentoo-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r2 x86_64 5 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://192.168.1.151 http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.1.151/gentoo-portage" USE="acl acpi amd64 apache2 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cscope cups dvd dvdr encode fam foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg ldap libg++ libwww maildir mbox memlimit mikmod motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls obdc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png pnp postgres ppds prelude python quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang slp snmp socks5 spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype usb wmf xml2 xmms xv zlib"
fixed already in 2.12-r5
