(cat, name, ver, rev) = gentoolkit.split_package_name(query)

			try: (cat, name, ver, rev) = gentoolkit.split_package_name(query)

			except ValueError, e:

				if str(e) == 'too many values to unpack':

					print_error("A pattern to match against package names was expected, ")

					warn_msg = "but %s has too many slashes ('/') to match any package."

					die (1, warn_msg % query)

				else: raise ValueError(e)