--- portage.old/pym/portage.py	2004-02-24 21:41:29.000000000 +0900
+++ portage/pym/portage.py	2004-02-27 17:18:27.575654608 +0900
@@ -5277,21 +5277,20 @@
 						#link target rather than the link itself.
 						print "--- !found "+str(pkgfiles[obj][0]), obj
 						continue
-				# next line includes a tweak to protect modules from being unmerged,
-				# but we don't protect modules from being overwritten if they are
-				# upgraded. We effectively only want one half of the config protection
-				# functionality for /lib/modules. For portage-ng both capabilities
-				# should be able to be independently specified.
-				if self.isprotected(obj) or ((len(obj) > len(modprotect)) and (obj[0:len(modprotect)]==modprotect)):
-					print "--- cfgpro "+str(pkgfiles[obj][0]), obj
-					continue
-
 				lstatobj=os.lstat(obj)
 				lmtime=str(lstatobj[ST_MTIME])
 				if (pkgfiles[obj][0] not in ("dir","fif","dev","sym")) and (lmtime != pkgfiles[obj][1]):
 					print "--- !mtime", pkgfiles[obj][0], obj
 					continue
 
+				# next line is a tweak to protect modules from being unmerged, but we
+				# don't protect modules from being overwritten if they are upgraded.
+				# For portage-ng both capabilities should be able to be independently
+				# specified.
+				if ((len(obj) > len(modprotect)) and (obj[0:len(modprotect)]==modprotect)):
+					print "--- cfgpro "+str(pkgfiles[obj][0]), obj
+					continue
+
 				if pkgfiles[obj][0]=="dir":
 					if not os.path.isdir(obj):
 						print "--- !dir  ","dir", obj
@@ -5313,6 +5312,7 @@
 					if mymd5 != string.lower(pkgfiles[obj][2]):
 						print "--- !md5  ","obj", obj
 						continue
+
 					try:
 						os.unlink(obj)
 					except (OSError,IOError),e: