eix depends on libtool, but emerging eix (0.2.2) does not pull libtool if it is not installed on the target system. this bug should be easy to fix. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot liveCD 2. chroot to a new environment 3. emerge eix
sys-devel/libtool is in /usr/portage/profiles/base, so really no need for eix to depend on it.