Fixes:
900554b0b067e76d3806e520357d91adbfa4fa0c
Author: Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org> (Mon 19 Dec 2011 11:14:05 PM PST)
subject: Make sure portage updates itself at the start of stage1 - thanks to Zac for noticing the issue.
# We need to merge our package manager with USE="build" set in case it is
# portage to avoid frying our /etc/portage/make.conf file. Otherwise, we could
# just let emerge @system could merge it.
- # Use --update or portage won't reinstall the same version.
+ # Use --update or portage might just waste time/cycles and reinstall the same version.
[ -e /etc/portage/make.conf ] && echo 'USE="${USE} build"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf
run_merge --oneshot --update sys-apps/portage
sed -i '/USE="${USE} build"/d' /etc/portage/make.conf