emerge -upv portage
--- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.keywords: dev-python/pyxdg-0.14

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

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[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.17 [1.2.12] 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5 [1.20.1-r4] (-selinux) 7 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.5-r3 [5.4-r6] -bootstrap -build -debug -doc +gpm -minimal -nocxx -trace -unicode 2,259 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-shells/bash-3.1_p17 [3.0-r12] -afs -bashlogger +nls -vanilla 2,517 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/readline-5.1_p4 [5.0-r2] 1,986 kB
[ebuild  N    ] virtual/libiconv-0  0 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/gettext-0.15 [0.14.4] -doc -emacs +nls -nocxx 7,892 kB
[ebuild  N    ] virtual/libintl-0  0 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 [4.8-r2] -build +nls -static 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/groff-1.19.2-r1 [1.19.1-r2] +X 2,835 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20060702 [20050602] 38 kB
[ebuild  NS   ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7  14 kB
[ebuild     U ] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03-r12 [1.4.2.02] -doc -nsplugin 33,570 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p4-r2 [4.2.52_p2] -bootstrap -doc +java -nocxx -tcl -test 9 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r1 [5.8.6-r1] +berkdb -debug +gdbm -ithreads 9,886 kB
[ebuild     U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r2 [5.8.6-r6] +berkdb -build -debug -doc +gdbm -ithreads -perlsuid 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8d [0.9.7e-r2] -bindist -emacs -sse2 -test +zlib 3,237 kB
[ebuild  N    ] perl-core/Test-Harness-2.56  63 kB
[ebuild     U ] app-admin/perl-cleaner-1.04.3 [1.01] 5 kB
[ebuild     U ] perl-core/PodParser-1.32 [1.28] 91 kB
[ebuild  N    ] app-misc/ca-certificates-20050804  91 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/zlib-1.2.3-r1 [1.2.3] -build 0 kB
[ebuild     U ] dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4 [2.4.2] +berkdb -bootstrap -build -doc +gdbm +ipv6 +ncurses -nocxx +readline +ssl -tk -ucs2 7,827 kB
[ebuild  N    ] app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.13  -caps 52 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/sed-4.1.5 [4.1.4] +nls -static 780 kB
[ebuild  N    ] dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r5  -bindist -gmp -test 150 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.1-r2 [2.0.51.22-r3] -build -doc (-elibc_FreeBSD) +elibc_glibc -elibc_uclibc -linguas_pl (-selinux) -userland_Darwin +userland_GNU 295 kB

Total size of downloads: 73,613 kB