--- /usr/bin/emerge	2008-05-06 15:15:53.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/local/bin/emerge	2008-05-08 11:47:08.000000000 -0700
@@ -3931,6 +3931,7 @@
 						# when necessary, as long as the atom will be satisfied
 						# in the final state.
 						graph_db = self.mydbapi[task.root]
+						skip = False
 						try:
 							for atom in root_config.sets[
 								"world"].iterAtomsForPackage(task):