Index: bin/emerge
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--- bin/emerge	(revision 7564)
+++ bin/emerge	(revision 7565)
@@ -4380,7 +4380,10 @@
 				print >> sys.stderr, " " + bad("*")+ " error scanning '%s'" % x
 			else:
 				files = a[1].split('\0')
-				if files != ['']:
+				# split always produces an empty string as the last element
+				if files and not files[-1]:
+					del files[-1]
+				if files:
 					procount += 1
 					print colorize("WARN", " * IMPORTANT:"),
 					if stat.S_ISDIR(mymode):