diff -ru portage-utils-0.1.24.orig/main.c portage-utils-0.1.24/main.c
--- portage-utils-0.1.24.orig/main.c	2007-02-12 07:33:46.000000000 +0900
+++ portage-utils-0.1.24/main.c	2007-02-27 09:10:42.000000000 +0900
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@
 	f = 0;
 	if (readlink("/etc/make.profile", profile, sizeof(profile)) == -1)
 		strcpy(profile, "/etc/make.profile");
+	chdir("/etc");
 	do {
 		if (f == 0)
 			snprintf(portage_file, sizeof(portage_file), "%s/make.defaults", profile);