'emerge info' should output gcc-hardened version <snip> porkoo ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-hardened, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-cko3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-cko3 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.7 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 27 2004, 09:03:13)] distcc 2.18.2 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] </snip>
emerge info should show all gcc/g++ version-info available.
Putting a hold on feature requests for portage as they are drowning out the bugs. Most of these features should be available in the next major version of portage. But for the time being, they are just drowning out the major bugs and delaying the next version's progress. Any bugs that contain patches and any bugs for etc-update or dispatch-conf can be reopened. Sorry, I'm just not good enough with bugzilla. ;)
Pretty sure this is a non-issue by now.