$ binutils-config --version binutils-config-$ (r$) Apparently the CVS magic doesn't work any longer with Git: https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-devel/binutils-config/files/binutils-config-1.6?hideattic=0&r1=1.3&r2=1.5
should be fixed here: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=28add2ebc7fe39d083343f5738f290d7e591d146