Sybren Stuvel wrote:

> Xenofon enlightened us with:
>> Xchat output is all messed up... each lines misses a few letters
>> near the end, making xchat nearly impossible to work with. When I
>> select that line, and move the mouse around, the letters appear but
>> they are mangled. Anyone else has this problem? Any ideas?
>
> Update to the latest version?
>
> Sybren

It is latest portage version (2.4.1-r1). 2.4.2 is available at their
homepage