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-rw-r--r--pym/portage_data.py7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage_data.py b/pym/portage_data.py
index 62be82341..deea8940b 100644
--- a/pym/portage_data.py
+++ b/pym/portage_data.py
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ bad = create_color_func("BAD")
ostype=os.uname()[0]
-lchown = None
-if ostype=="Linux" or ostype.lower().endswith("gnu"):
+userland = None
+lchown = getattr(os, "lchown", None)
+if ostype == "Linux" or \
+ ostype.lower().startswith("gnu") or \
+ ostype.lower().endswith("gnu"):
userland="GNU"
os.environ["XARGS"]="xargs -r"
elif ostype == "Darwin":