Index: bin/emerge
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--- bin/emerge	(revision 4566)
+++ bin/emerge	(working copy)
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@
 		for mydep in mylist:
 			try:
 				if not self.select_dep(
-					self.target_root, mydep, raise_on_missing=True):
+					self.target_root, mydep, raise_on_missing=True, arg=mydep):
 					print >> sys.stderr, "\n\n!!! Problem resolving dependencies for", mydep
 					return 0
 			except ValueError: