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< 		    upak=`echo ${upak}|sed -e "s: :\n:g"|grep -i ${arg}`
---
> 			# avoid ${arg}="db" from pulling in every installed package
> 			temp="/usr/portage/.*${arg}"	
> 		    upak=`echo ${upak}|sed -e "s: :\n:g"|grep -i ${temp}`