@@ -, +, @@ 
---
--- a/pym/_emerge/SpawnProcess.py	
+++ a/pym/_emerge/SpawnProcess.py	
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class SpawnProcess(SubProcess):
 			buf = array.array('B')
 			try:
 				buf.fromfile(files.process, self._bufsize)
-			except EOFError:
+			# EOFError was raised in Python <2.6.6 and <2.7.1.
+			except (EOFError, IOError):
 				pass
 
 			if buf: