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diff --git a/pym/portage/util/_path.py b/pym/portage/util/_path.py
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+# Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+import stat
+
+from portage import os
+from portage.exception import PermissionDenied
+
+def exists_raise_eaccess(path):
+	try:
+		os.stat(path)
+	except OSError as e:
+		if e.errno == PermissionDenied.errno:
+			raise PermissionDenied("stat('%s')" % path)
+		return False
+	else:
+		return True
+
+def isdir_raise_eaccess(path):
+	try:
+		st = os.stat(path)
+	except OSError as e:
+		if e.errno == PermissionDenied.errno:
+			raise PermissionDenied("stat('%s')" % path)
+		return False
+	else:
+		return stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)