--- portage-2.0.53/bin/repoman.orig	2005-12-10 10:12:31.000000000 -0800
+++ portage-2.0.53/bin/repoman	2005-12-10 10:47:45.000000000 -0800
@@ -964,6 +964,27 @@
 					baddepsyntax = True
 				else:
 					badlicsyntax = True
+			for word in mydepstr.split():
+				if word == "(" or word == ")" or word == "||":
+					continue
+				failed = False
+				if string.find(word, "(") != -1:
+					failed = True
+					token = "("
+				if string.find(word, ")") != -1:
+					failed = True
+					token = ")"
+				if string.find(word, "|") != -1:
+					failed = True
+					token = "||"
+				if failed:
+					stats[mytype+".syntax"] += 1
+					fails[mytype+".syntax"].append(catpkg+".ebuild "+mytype+": Needs whitespace around "+token)
+					if mytype != "LICENSE":
+						baddepsyntax = True
+					else:
+						badlicsyntax = True
+					break
 			try:
 				# Missing closing parenthesis will result in a ValueError
 				mydeplist=portage_dep.paren_reduce(mydepstr)