The installation guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=4&chap=2#doc_chap2 does not refer to /etc/rc.conf which is the correct place with Baselayout2. Reproducible: Always
We know. Everything needs to be updated; it's not a blocker, but a duplicate. Thanks, though! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 213988 ***