--- portage.py.orig	2004-01-01 17:08:16.000000000 -0500
+++ portage.py	2004-01-01 17:05:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -3677,6 +3677,13 @@
 		self.frozen=0
 		#overlays="overlay roots"
 		self.overlays=[]
+        	self.local_keywords = {}  # {'cat/pkg-version': 'keywords'}
+		if os.path.exists('/etc/local_keywords'):
+			f = open('/etc/local_keywords', 'r')
+			for line in f.readlines():
+				cpv, keywords = line.split(None, 1)
+				self.local_keywords[cpv.strip()] = keywords.strip()
+			f.close()
 
 	def finddigest(self,mycpv):
 		try:
@@ -3972,7 +3979,9 @@
 		#finally, we look at our internal cache entry and return the requested data.
 		returnme=[]
 		for x in mylist:
-			if self.auxcache[cat][pkg].has_key(x):
+			if x == 'KEYWORDS' and self.local_keywords.has_key(mycpv):
+				returnme.append(self.local_keywords[mycpv])
+			elif self.auxcache[cat][pkg].has_key(x):
 				returnme.append(self.auxcache[cat][pkg][x])
 			else:
 				returnme.append("")