Hello Neil!

On Thursday, June 21, 2007 09:11:25 PM you wrote:
> Errrm....... this is a joke, right? It's a simple program that does a
> simple job. Why does it need updates? It compiles perfectly. Just
> emerged it without error.

It's not. Please leave a comment on bug 176857 describing which version 
works for and add your emerge --info.

Best regards, Wulf