--- font.eclass.orig	2013-04-16 10:01:23.212811663 +0400
+++ font.eclass	2013-04-16 10:04:50.930214839 +0400
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 		x11-apps/mkfontdir
 		media-fonts/encodings
 	)
-	>=media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.0"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+	!<media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.0"
+RDEPEND=""
 
 # @FUNCTION: font_xfont_config
 # @DESCRIPTION:
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 		echo
 	fi
 
-	if [[ ${ROOT} == / ]]; then
+	if has_version media-libs/fontconfig && [[ ${ROOT} == / ]]; then
 		ebegin "Updating global fontcache"
 		fc-cache -fs
 		eend $?
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 	find "${EROOT}"usr/share/fonts/ -type f '!' -perm 0644 -print0 \
 		| xargs -0 chmod -v 0644 2>/dev/null
 
-	if [[ ${ROOT} == / ]]; then
+	if has_version media-libs/fontconfig && [[ ${ROOT} == / ]]; then
 		ebegin "Updating global fontcache"
 		fc-cache -fs
 		eend $?