--- gentoolkit.py	2004-04-04 23:06:06.000000000 -0700
+++ gentoolkit.py.new	2004-04-21 12:30:33.807971752 -0700
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@
 		if len(sp):
 			return string.join(sp[:-1],"/")
 	def get_env_var(self, var):
-		"""Returns one of the predefined env vars DEPEND, RDEPEND, SRC_URI,...."""
+        """Returns one of the predefined env vars DEPEND, RDEPEND, SRC_URI,.... Raises KeyError if ebuild is missing"""
+        # Should get from _db if this version is installed.
+        if self.is_installed():
+            r=vartree.dbapi.aux_get(self._cpv,[var])
+        else:
 		r=porttree.dbapi.aux_get(self._cpv,[var])
 		if not r:
 			raise "WTF??"