--- pym/portage.py.orig	2004-02-04 18:15:01.193769391 +0100
+++ pym/portage.py	2004-02-04 18:15:15.805967691 +0100
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@
 				actionmap[mydo]["args"][0],
 				actionmap[mydo]["args"][1])
 
-def doebuild(myebuild,mydo,myroot,mysettings,debug=0,listonly=0,fetchonly=0,cleanup=0,dbkey=None,use_cache=1):
+def doebuild(myebuild,mydo,myroot,mysettings,debug=0,listonly=0,fetchonly=0,cleanup=0,dbkey=None,use_cache=1,log_counter=0):
 	global db
 	
 	ebuild_path = os.path.abspath(myebuild)
@@ -2232,14 +2232,18 @@
 		mysettings["WORKDIR"]=mysettings["BUILDDIR"]+"/work"
 		mysettings["D"]=mysettings["BUILDDIR"]+"/image/"
 
+		# if we don't get a log_counter from treewalk or unmerge, guess a new one
+		if log_counter <= 0:
+			log_counter = db[myroot]["vartree"].dbapi.get_counter_tick_core("/")
+
 		if mysettings.has_key("PORT_LOGDIR"):
 			if os.access(mysettings["PORT_LOGDIR"]+"/",os.W_OK):
 				try:
-					os.chown(mysettings["BUILD_PREFIX"],portage_uid,portage_gid)
+					os.chown(mysettings["PORT_LOGDIR"],portage_uid,portage_gid)
 					os.chmod(mysettings["PORT_LOGDIR"],06770)
 					if not mysettings.has_key("LOG_PF") or (mysettings["LOG_PF"] != mysettings["PF"]):
 						mysettings["LOG_PF"]=mysettings["PF"]
-						mysettings["LOG_COUNTER"]=str(db[myroot]["vartree"].dbapi.get_counter_tick_core("/"))
+						mysettings["LOG_COUNTER"]=str(log_counter)
 				except ValueError, e:
 					mysettings["PORT_LOGDIR"]=""
 					print "!!! Unable to chown/chmod PORT_LOGDIR. Disabling logging."
@@ -5167,9 +5171,15 @@
 					myebuildpath=self.dbdir+"/"+x
 					break
 
+		# get counter to use it as LOG_COUNTER for prerm/postrm
+		try:
+			mycounter = long(self.getstring("COUNTER"))
+		except ValueError:
+			mycounter = 0
+
 		#do prerm script
 		if myebuildpath and os.path.exists(myebuildpath):
-			a=doebuild(myebuildpath,"prerm",self.myroot,self.settings,cleanup=cleanup,use_cache=0)
+			a=doebuild(myebuildpath,"prerm",self.myroot,self.settings,cleanup=cleanup,use_cache=0,log_counter=mycounter)
 			# XXX: Decide how to handle failures here.
 			if a != 0:
 				writemsg("!!! FAILED prerm: "+str(a)+"\n")
@@ -5386,7 +5396,7 @@
 		if myebuildpath and os.path.exists(myebuildpath):
 			# XXX: This should be the old config, not the current one.
 			# XXX: Use vardbapi to load up env vars.
-			a=doebuild(myebuildpath,"postrm",self.myroot,self.settings,use_cache=0)
+			a=doebuild(myebuildpath,"postrm",self.myroot,self.settings,use_cache=0,log_counter=mycounter)
 			# XXX: Decide how to handle failures here.
 			if a != 0:
 				writemsg("!!! FAILED postrm: "+str(a)+"\n")
@@ -5546,9 +5556,9 @@
 		if myebuild:
 			# if we are merging a new ebuild, use *its* pre/postinst rather than using the one in /var/db/pkg 
 			# (if any).
-			a=doebuild(myebuild,"postinst",root,self.settings,use_cache=0)
+			a=doebuild(myebuild,"postinst",root,self.settings,use_cache=0,log_counter=counter)
 		else:
-			a=doebuild(inforoot+"/"+self.pkg+".ebuild","postinst",root,self.settings,use_cache=0)
+			a=doebuild(inforoot+"/"+self.pkg+".ebuild","postinst",root,self.settings,use_cache=0,log_counter=counter)
 
 		# XXX: Decide how to handle failures here.
 		if a != 0: