I have verified that this package works for ppc64. Please add the ~ppc64 KEYWORDS to media-libs/libgd-2.0.23. my USE Flag is "gtk2 altivec ppc64 -gnome cjk jpeg gif png tiff truetype".
hmmm did media-libs/libgd drop off the face of the earth?
o gd! duh!
thanks Yuta!
stick a fork in it