Index: bin/misc-functions.sh
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--- bin/misc-functions.sh	(revision 9355)
+++ bin/misc-functions.sh	(revision 9423)
@@ -490,27 +490,28 @@
 	fi
 	# total suid control.
 	if hasq suidctl $FEATURES; then
+		local sfconf
 		sfconf=${PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT}etc/portage/suidctl.conf
+		# sandbox prevents us from writing directly
+		# to files outside of the sandbox, but this
+		# can easly be bypassed using the addwrite() function
+		addwrite "${sfconf}"
 		vecho ">>> Performing suid scan in ${D}"
 		for i in $(find "${D}" -type f \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) ); do
 			if [ -s "${sfconf}" ]; then
-				suid="$(grep "^/${i#${D}}$" "${sfconf}")"
-				if [ "${suid}" = "${i/${D}}" ]; then
-					vecho "- ${i/${D}} is an approved suid file"
+				install_path=/${i#${D}}
+				if grep -q "^${install_path}\$" "${sfconf}" ; then
+					vecho "- ${install_path} is an approved suid file"
 				else
-					vecho ">>> Removing sbit on non registered ${i/${D}}"
+					vecho ">>> Removing sbit on non registered ${install_path}"
 					for x in 5 4 3 2 1 0; do echo -ne "\a"; sleep 0.25 ; done
 					vecho -ne "\a"
 					ls_ret=$(ls -ldh "${i}")
 					chmod ugo-s "${i}"
-					grep "^#${i/${D}}$" "${sfconf}" > /dev/null || {
-						# sandbox prevents us from writing directly
-						# to files outside of the sandbox, but this
-						# can easly be bypassed using the addwrite() function
-						addwrite "${sfconf}"
+					grep "^#${install_path}$" "${sfconf}" > /dev/null || {
 						vecho ">>> Appending commented out entry to ${sfconf} for ${PF}"
-						echo "## ${ls_ret%${D}*}${ls_ret#*${D}}" >> "${sfconf}"
-						echo "#${i/${D}}" >> "${sfconf}"
+						echo "## ${ls_ret%${D}*}${install_path}" >> "${sfconf}"
+						echo "#${install_path}" >> "${sfconf}"
 						# no delwrite() eh?
 						# delwrite ${sconf}
 					}