maya portage-cvs # ebuild blah blah
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/ebuild", line 50, in ?
    a=portage.doebuild(pargs[0],x,getroot(),tmpsettings,debug=debug,cleanup=cleanup)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 1355, in doebuild
    use_info_env=use_info_env,verbosity=verbosity)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/ebuild.py", line 1010, in process_phase
    writemsg("!!! doebuild: '%s' is not one of the following valid commands:" % phase)
NameError: global name 'writemsg' is not defined