AT the tinderbox I'm regularly faced with those processes: tinderbox@mr-fox ~ $ ps -efla | grep monkeysphere 1 S root 9385 3417 0 81 1 - 39410 - 00:48 ? 00:00:01 gpg-agent --homedir /var/lib/monkeysphere/authentication/core --use-standard-socket --daemon 1 S 390 10580 3417 0 81 1 - 39410 - 00:48 ? 00:00:00 gpg-agent --homedir /var/lib/monkeysphere/authentication/sphere --use-standard-socket --daemon 1 S root 25117 3151 0 81 1 - 39415 - 11:06 ? 00:00:00 gpg-agent --homedir /var/lib/monkeysphere/authentication/core --use-standard-socket --daemon 1 S 390 25630 3151 0 81 1 - 39415 - 11:06 ? 00:00:00 gpg-agent --homedir /var/lib/monkeysphere/authentication/sphere --use-standard-socket --daemon I do wonder why those aren't killed if emerge finished ?