@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 emerge-delta-webrsync |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
--- a/emerge-delta-webrsync	
+++ a/emerge-delta-webrsync	
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ PORTAGE_GPG_DIR="${f%%|*}"	 ;		f="${f#*|}"
 TMPDIR="${f%%|*}/snapshots"
 unset IFS
 
+if [[ ! -w ${PORTDIR} ]] ; then
+	echo "${0##*/}: PORTDIR is not writable: ${PORTDIR}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -w ${DISTDIR} ]] ; then
+	echo "${0##*/}: DISTDIR is not writable: ${DISTDIR}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 source /usr/lib/portage/bin/isolated-functions.sh || exit 1
 
 if [ -z "$NICENESS_PULLED" ]; then
--