The fix for bug #138259 seems to have dropped a space somewhere along the way. # emerge -pC binutils >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged: !!! 'sys-devel/binutils' is part of your system profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. sys-devel/binutils selected:2.16.1-r22.172.17.50.0.2 protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. that's 2.16.1-r2, 2.17, and 2.17.50.0.2 btw ;) Portage 2.1.1_pre1-r5 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.2-pre20060701/vanilla, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-ck1 i686)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138611 ***