It's a new feature that fixes things when packages move 
from one category to another. I think it's 
/usr/lib/portage/fixpackages - I did a find / -name fix* 
-print to find it.

On Thu, 29 May 2003 12:20:47 -0500
  "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy <at> veldy.net> wrote:
>
>Performing Global Updates: 
>/usr/portage/profiles/updates/2Q-2003
>(Could take a couple minutes if you have a lot of binary 
>packages.)
>   .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
>.......
>
>
>  ** Skipping packages. Run 'fixpackages' or set it in 
>FEATURES to fix the
>     tbz2's in the packages directory. Note: This can 
>take a very long time.
>
>
>What is going on here?  This never happened until I 
>upgraded portage
>recently (strongly suggested by portage itself).  So, 
>far, I have not
>figured out how to "fixpackages".
>
>Tom Veldhouse
>
>
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