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-rw-r--r--pym/portage/__init__.py9
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py
index 0560f6c7a..04f7acec0 100644
--- a/pym/portage/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py
@@ -1259,13 +1259,8 @@ class config(object):
self.mygcfg.pop(k, None)
# Allow ROOT setting to come from make.conf if it's not overridden
- # by the constructor argument (from the calling environment). As a
- # special exception for a very common use case, config_root == "/"
- # implies that ROOT in make.conf should be ignored. That way, the
- # user can chroot into $ROOT and the ROOT setting in make.conf will
- # be automatically ignored (unless config_root is other than "/").
- if config_root != "/" and \
- target_root is None and "ROOT" in self.mygcfg:
+ # by the constructor argument (from the calling environment).
+ if target_root is None and "ROOT" in self.mygcfg:
target_root = self.mygcfg["ROOT"]
self.configlist.append(self.mygcfg)