Index: pym/portage_locks.py
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--- pym/portage_locks.py	(revision 9417)
+++ pym/portage_locks.py	(working copy)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	except IOError, e:
 		if "errno" not in dir(e):
 			raise
-		if e.errno == errno.EAGAIN:
+		if e.errno in (errno.EACCES, errno.EAGAIN):
 			# resource temp unavailable; eg, someone beat us to the lock.
 			if waiting_msg is None:
 				if isinstance(mypath, int):