I would appreciate it if you went back and reread what I wrote, because I thought I addressed the problem fairly completely. -Heschi
After a discussion on #gentoo with a developer I've asked for this bug to be closed which has been done. It was decided, as you may have mentioned, that the correct course of action for these packages was either to add them to world file if desired or to remove them. My understanding of portage was incomplete and as such I'd overlooked some facts - my humble apologies on this account. Thanks for your feedback.
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