--- /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/gaphor-0.9.2/work/gaphor-0.9.2/utils/command/install_version.py	2007/03/25 19:33:47	1.1
+++ /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/gaphor-0.9.2/work/gaphor-0.9.2/utils/command/install_version.py	2007/03/25 20:17:36
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class install_version(Command):
         # install a new version.py with install_data as data_dir;
         # get rid of install root directory
         
-        skip = len(self.get_finalized_command('install').root or '')
+        skip = len((self.get_finalized_command('install').root or '').rstrip('/'))
 
         generate_version(self.install_dir, self.install_data[skip:],
            self.distribution.get_version())