Miscellany

norbert ~ # emerge php -pvt

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ] dev-lang/php-5.2.1 [5.1.6-r8] USE="apache2 cli crypt ctype debug* filter%* gd gdbm iconv imap mysql ncurses nls pcre pdo readline session spell spl ssl truetype unicode xml zlib -adabas -apache -bcmath -berkdb -birdstep -bzip2 -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -concurrentmodphp -curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dbase -dbmaker -discard-path -doc -empress -empress-bcs -esoob -exif -fastbuild -fdftk -filter-external% -firebird -flatfile -force-cgi-redirect -frontbase -ftp -gd-external -gmp -hash -inifile -interbase -iodbc -ipv6 -java-external -json% -json-external% -kerberos -ldap -ldap-sasl% -libedit -mcve -mhash -ming -msql -mssql -mysqli* -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -pdo-external -pic -posix -postgres -qdbm -recode -reflection -sapdb -sharedext -sharedmem -simplexml -snmp -soap -sockets -solid -sqlite -suhosin% -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -tokenizer -wddx -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xsl -yaz -zip -zip-external% (-filepro%) (-hardenedphp%) (-hyperwave-api%) (-informix%) (-memlimit%) (-sasl%) (-vm-goto%) (-vm-switch%)" 0 kB [1] 

Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB
Portage overlays:
 [1] /usr/local/php/testing
 [2] /usr/local/php/experimental