--- pym/portage.py.orig	2004-02-07 06:17:41.000000000 +0100
+++ pym/portage.py	2004-02-08 04:16:00.036202113 +0100
@@ -5160,7 +5160,7 @@
 		myc.close()
 		pos=1
 		for line in mylines:
-			mydat = string.split(line)
+			mydat = re.split(' ',line[:-1])
 			# we do this so we can remove from non-root filesystems
 			# (use the ROOT var to allow maintenance on other partitions)
 			try: