at least on my machine profuse doesn't show unicode flag. Below my make.conf CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" MAKEOPTS="-j3" FEATURES="ccache strict" USE=" 16bit a52 aac acl apache2 artworkextra avi cscope dga \ divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread faad gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal \ imap libwww live lzo mad maildir matroska matrox mjpeg mng \ mozdevelop mozsvg mpeg multi-tty network nocardbus nptl \ offensive ogg oggvorbis openal pdflib ppds quicktime real \ remix sblive sdl slang spell stream svg theora threads tidy \ utf8 videos vidix voice xanim xine xvid yv12"
should be corrected in latest version (0.20.2-r1)