--- ORIG-profile.eselect	2008-11-23 22:08:02.000000000 +0100
+++ profile.eselect	2008-11-23 22:09:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
 		# double check and make sure it's valid
 		arch=$(arch)
 		[[ -z "${arch}" && ${2} != "--force" ]] && return 1
 
 		# do a reverse lookup and find the arch associated with ${target}
-		parch=$(sed -n -e "s|^\([[:alnum:]]\+\)[[:space:]].*${target}.*$|\1|p" \
+		parch=$(sed -n -e "s|^\([[:alnum:]]\+\)[[:space:]].*${target}[[:space:]].*$|\1|p" \
 			${ROOT}/${portdir}/profiles/profiles.desc)
 
 		if [[ ${arch} != ${parch} && ${2} != "--force" ]] ; then
 			die -q "${target} is not a valid profile for ${arch}"
 		fi