localhost ~ # emerge portage
Calculating dependencies \/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
/usr/portage/eclass/linux-info.eclass: line 128: cd: /root: Permission denied
... done!
!!! Error: the <sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc1 package conflicts with another package;
!!! the two packages cannot be installed on the same system together.
!!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.
For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked