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-rw-r--r--pym/portage_dep.py2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage_dep.py b/pym/portage_dep.py
index a3186e8f1..f284ae73a 100644
--- a/pym/portage_dep.py
+++ b/pym/portage_dep.py
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ def isvalidatom(atom):
global _invalid_atom_chars_regexp
if _invalid_atom_chars_regexp.search(atom):
return 0
+ if atom.startswith("!"):
+ atom = atom[1:]
mycpv_cps = catpkgsplit(dep_getcpv(atom))
operator = get_operator(atom)
if operator: