--- /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/portage-2.1.2-r4/work/portage-2.1.2/bin/emerge	2007-01-27 12:24:34.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/bin/emerge	2007-01-27 12:22:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@
 						xsplit=portage.pkgsplit(x[2])
 						emergelog(xterm_titles, " >>> AUTOCLEAN: " + xsplit[0])
 						retval = unmerge(pkgsettings, self.myopts, vartree,
-							"clean", [xsplit[0]], ldpath_mtimes)
+							"clean", [xsplit[0]], ldpath_mtimes, 0)
 						if not retval:
 							emergelog(xterm_titles,
 								" --- AUTOCLEAN: Nothing unmerged.")
@@ -3151,7 +3151,7 @@
 		return os.EX_OK
 
 def unmerge(settings, myopts, vartree, unmerge_action, unmerge_files,
-	ldpath_mtimes):
+	ldpath_mtimes, manual=1):
 	candidate_catpkgs=[]
 	global_unmerge=0
 	xterm_titles = "notitles" not in settings.features
@@ -3403,7 +3403,8 @@
 			print
 			return 0
 	#the real unmerging begins, after a short delay....
-	countdown(int(settings["CLEAN_DELAY"]), ">>> Unmerging")
+	if manual:
+		countdown(int(settings["CLEAN_DELAY"]), ">>> Unmerging")
 
 	for x in pkgmap.keys():
 		for y in pkgmap[x]["selected"]: