According to http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-make@gnu.org/msg06076.html the top level Makefile contains an include statement, which must be changed from -include */module.mk to -include proc/module.mk ps/module.mk Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge procps
It's already in the ebuild. procps-3.2.8-r2.ebuild: epatch "${FILESDIR}"/procps-3.2.8+gmake-3.82.patch Dunno why this bug got filed for already fixed issue, but closing then.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 333299 ***
Oops, sorry it was my fault. I mixed up two portage repositories and reported a bug from the unoffical one.