--- 1/pym/portage.py	2004-06-19 20:17:39.867670304 +0200
+++ 2/pym/portage.py	2004-06-19 20:17:45.786770464 +0200
@@ -666,8 +666,12 @@
 		newld=open(root+"etc/ld.so.conf","w")
 		newld.write("# ld.so.conf autogenerated by env-update; make all changes to\n")
 		newld.write("# contents of /etc/env.d directory\n")
-		for x in specials["LDPATH"]:
-			newld.write(x+"\n")
+		# python's 'for x in _some_array_' is like gawk's, in the sence that it
+		# returns all the elements of the array, but sorted alphabetically, which
+		# is a no-no for ls.so.conf (bug #44028), thus we have to handle it
+		# somewhat differently ...
+		for x in range(0, len(specials["LDPATH"])):
+			newld.write(specials["LDPATH"][x]+"\n")
 		newld.close()
 		ld_cache_update=True