I have CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -funroll-loops -pipe" in /etc/make.conf, but netpbm-9.12-r2 ignores them completely.
Bz, you found it, you fix it :P
bummer... Yeah, it's just a reminder for me, since I was at work at that time :)
btw, Seemant: You were the last one working on that ebuild ;-)