4 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/emerge b/bin/emerge
index 48f327170..0e12b173e 100755
--- a/bin/emerge
+++ b/bin/emerge
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ except ImportError:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	import sys
-	sys.exit(emerge_main())
+	from portage.exception import PermissionDenied
+	try:
+		retval = emerge_main()
+	except PermissionDenied, e:
+		sys.stderr.write("Permission denied: '%s'\n" % str(e))
+		sys.exit(e.errno)
+	sys.exit(retval)
diff --git a/bin/portageq b/bin/portageq
index 968cc129a..b9260fed5 100755
--- a/bin/portageq
+++ b/bin/portageq
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ def main():
 	except KeyError:
 		usage(sys.argv)
 		sys.exit(os.EX_USAGE)
+	except portage.exception.PermissionDenied, e:
+		sys.stderr.write("Permission denied: '%s'\n" % str(e))
+		sys.exit(e.errno)
 
 main()
 
diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py
index 31f2f091c..f5a4893c1 100644
--- a/pym/portage/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py
@@ -185,7 +185,14 @@ def cacheddir(my_original_path, ignorecvs, ignorelist, EmptyOnError, followSymli
 			mtime = pathstat[stat.ST_MTIME]
 		else:
 			raise portage.exception.DirectoryNotFound(mypath)
-	except (IOError,OSError,portage.exception.PortageException):
+	except EnvironmentError, e:
+		if e.errno == portage.exception.PermissionDenied.errno:
+			raise portage.exception.PermissionDenied(mypath)
+		del e
+		if EmptyOnError:
+			return [], []
+		return None, None
+	except portage.exception.PortageException:
 		if EmptyOnError:
 			return [], []
 		return None, None
@@ -199,8 +206,6 @@ def cacheddir(my_original_path, ignorecvs, ignorelist, EmptyOnError, followSymli
 			if e.errno != errno.EACCES:
 				raise
 			del e
-			if EmptyOnError:
-				return [], []
 			raise portage.exception.PermissionDenied(mypath)
 		ftype = []
 		for x in list:
diff --git a/pym/portage/exception.py b/pym/portage/exception.py
index 4be72cf96..3d590a563 100644
--- a/pym/portage/exception.py
+++ b/pym/portage/exception.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class OperationNotPermitted(PortageException):
 	"""An operation was not permitted operating system"""
 
 class PermissionDenied(PortageException):
+	from errno import EACCES as errno
 	"""Permission denied"""
 
 class ReadOnlyFileSystem(PortageException):