~ sudo update-eix Building database from scratch .. Reading Portage settings .. Using eix database in /var/cache/eix Using portage cache: /usr/portage/ Reading cache for main tree: 100% Reading overlays .. /usr/local/portage/ 100% Applying masks .. mask.cc:94 Unkown operator "=>" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0/no-multilib, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-rc5-git7 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-rc5-git7 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoclean autoconfig ccache distlocks noinfo notitles sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://rsync.gentoo.diku.dk ftp://ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" 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="amd64 alsa dga ncurses rtc sdl truetype unicode video_cards_nvidia userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LINGUAS
There is no such operator '=>' .. but there is '>='. Please check your /etc/portage/* files.
oh my mistake - I did had a single => in there while the rest was >= thanks for taking a look.