--- emerge.orig	2005-10-31 13:03:16.000000000 +0100
+++ emerge	2005-11-24 17:38:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@
 			"--exclude='/packages'",    # Exclude packages  from consideration
 		]
 
-		if "--quiet" in myopts:
+		if "--quiet" in myopts or "quiet" in portage.features:
 			rsync_flags.append("--quiet")    # Shut up a lot
 		else:
 			rsync_flags.append("--progress") # Progress meter for each file