On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 05:26:34 +0000 (UTC) you coerced some electrons to say:

> Dale posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:16:43 -0500 as excerpted:
> 
> > Frank Peters wrote:
> >> On Wed, 5 Jun 2013 06:00:01 +0000 (UTC)
> >> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> But xorg-server-1.14.1.901 is definitely built/installed/running fine
> >>> here!
> >>>
> >> Thanks for your help in this matter.  Your advice allowed me to locate
> >> the exact error, and after some searching I believe that I have found
> >> the cause of the problem.  It is the issue of not using UDEV.
> >>
> >> I filed a bug report:
> >>
> >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472378
> 
> That would appear to be the problem, yes.  Good work! =:^)

Hey Duncan,

Thanks for this detailed explanation of the /etc/portage/patches
functionality. I occasionally find myself applying patches, usually to test
bug fixes. This'll make it much easier as you describe in your note.

Thanks again for the details!

  ~David