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diff --git a/pym/_emerge/format_size.py b/pym/_emerge/format_size.py
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+
+# formats a size given in bytes nicely
+def format_size(mysize):
+	if isinstance(mysize, basestring):
+		return mysize
+	if 0 != mysize % 1024:
+		# Always round up to the next kB so that it doesn't show 0 kB when
+		# some small file still needs to be fetched.
+		mysize += 1024 - mysize % 1024
+	mystr=str(mysize/1024)
+	mycount=len(mystr)
+	while (mycount > 3):
+		mycount-=3
+		mystr=mystr[:mycount]+","+mystr[mycount:]
+	return mystr+" kB"
+