Index: pym/portage_util.py
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--- pym/portage_util.py	(revision 6495)
+++ pym/portage_util.py	(working copy)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 	
 #cache expansions of constant strings
 cexpand={}
-def varexpand(mystring,mydict={}):
+def varexpand(mystring, mydict={}, remove_quotes=False):
 	newstring = cexpand.get(" "+mystring, None)
 	if newstring is not None:
 		return newstring
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@
 			if (indoub):
 				newstring=newstring+"'"
 			else:
+				if not remove_quotes:
+					newstring += "'"
 				insing=not insing
 			pos=pos+1
 			continue
@@ -380,6 +382,8 @@
 			if (insing):
 				newstring=newstring+'"'
 			else:
+				if not remove_quotes:
+					newstring += '"'
 				indoub=not indoub
 			pos=pos+1
 			continue