--- /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py	Mon Aug 12 08:58:58 2002
+++ gentoo/portage.py	Mon Aug 12 08:57:18 2002
@@ -3671,7 +3671,17 @@
 						print ">>>",mydest+"/"
 				else:
 					#destination doesn't exist
-					os.mkdir(mydest)
+					#check if it is a broken link
+					destrootoff = destroot+offset[:-1]
+					if os.path.islink(mydest):
+						movefile(mydest,mydest+".backup")
+						os.unlink(mydest)
+						print "bak",mydest,mydest+".backup"
+					elif os.path.islink(destrootoff):
+						movefile(destrootoff,destrootoff+".backup")
+						os.unlink(destrootoff)
+						print "bak",destrootoff,destrootoff+".backup"
+					os.makedirs(mydest)
 					os.chmod(mydest,mystat[0])
 					os.chown(mydest,mystat[4],mystat[5])
 					print ">>>",mydest+"/"