--- portage-2.0.51_pre12-orig/pym/portage.py	2004-06-22 08:08:22.000000000 -0500
+++ portage-2.0.51_pre12/pym/portage.py	2004-07-07 12:39:14.987182168 -0500
@@ -1616,6 +1616,8 @@
 		if os.path.exists(infodir):
 			if os.path.exists(infodir+"/environment"):
 				self.configdict["pkg"]["PORT_ENV_FILE"] = infodir+"/environment"
+			if os.path.exists(infodir+"/environment.bz2"):
+				self.configdict["pkg"]["PORT_ENV_FILE"] = infodir+"/environment.bz2"
 
 			myre = re.compile('^[A-Z]+$')
 			for filename in listdir(infodir,filesonly=1,EmptyOnError=1):