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diff --git a/pym/portage/exception.py b/pym/portage/exception.py
index ff34993a6..6626fa3bf 100644
--- a/pym/portage/exception.py
+++ b/pym/portage/exception.py
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ class ReadOnlyFileSystem(PortageException):
class CommandNotFound(PortageException):
"""A required binary was not available or executable"""
+class AmbiguousPackageName(ValueError, PortageException):
+ """Raised by portage.cpv_expand() when the package name is ambiguous due
+ to the existence of multiple matches in different categories. This inherits
+ from ValueError, for backward compatibility with calling code that already
+ handles ValueError."""
+ def __str__(self):
+ return ValueError.__str__(self)
class PortagePackageException(PortageException):
"""Malformed or missing package data"""