Index: bin/ebuild.sh
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--- bin/ebuild.sh	(revision 6480)
+++ bin/ebuild.sh	(revision 6481)
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@
 	done
 	# Do not chmod '.' since it's probably ${WORKDIR} and PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE
 	# should be preserved.
-	find . -mindepth 1 ! -type l -print0 | ${XARGS} -0 chmod -f a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w
+	find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -type l -print0 | \
+		${XARGS} -0 chmod -fR a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w
 }
 
 strip_duplicate_slashes() {