if you're configuring vlan's, i'd presume you'd know that userland tools are not distributed with kernel patches or kernel code. Userspace tools must be downloaded and built separately; they merely interact with the kernelspace code to make it do stuff (like configure virtual lan's for your advanced router uber box).
Sure, it's just that there's no reason not to include them in portage as they are required to put the VLAN stuff in the kernel to good use. Sort of shipping a kernel with LVM, MD and/or EVMS in it but no userland tools. Or, for that matter, a kernel with TCP/IP, but you would need to download and build ifconfig yourself before you can configure any interfaces... ;)
The FreeBSD way of doing VLANs is much better. There, I just had to say it. :)
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