When updating my system for the first time in a few days, I encountered app-text/dgs as a blocker. Upon investigating it seemed that xorg-x11 needed it, and the required package doesn't appear to be in portage as of my sync a few minutes ago. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.51-r8 (gcc34-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Sep 29 2004, 14:21:58)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.averse.net/pub/gentoo/ http://www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex X aim alsa apm arts audiofile avi beepmp berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bootsplash cdr codecs crypt cups dmx encode esd f77 foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java joystick jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline rtc sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype usb x86 xchatdccserver xml2 xmms xv zlib"
I apologize, I got confused when I couldn't find the package. I simply did 'emerge -C dgs' and all is well. Marking closed.