As you can see esearch list portage -r15 while emerge -s lists portage -r18. I've noticed this on several other packages as well. I like esearch since it is faster but these discrepancies bother me. I run ~x86. Maybe esearch only does x86.
lodger root # esearch portage [ Results for search key : portage ] [ Applications found : 3 (snip,snip) * sys-apps/portage Latest version available: 2.0.49-r15 Latest version installed: 2.0.49-r15 Size of downloaded files: 230 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org Description: Portage ports system lodger root # emerge -s portage Searching... [ Results for search key : portage ] [ Applications found : 3 ] (snip,snip) * sys-apps/portage Latest version available: 2.0.49-r18 Latest version installed: 2.0.49-r18 Size of downloaded files: 231 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org Description: Portage ports system -- Powered by Gentoo Linux -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list