[gentoo-alt] Performing Global Updates message

[Alan Hourihane]

Everytime I do an emerge --sync I get the "Performing Global Updates"
message before it even starts to sync now, and it's only started
happening in the last few portage versions (can't remember which one
started it).

It performs the same updates everytime, even simple emerge's for new
packages too....

Why would this be happening ?

Thanks,

Alan.