--- a/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass	2013-03-28 05:31:15.000000000 -0700
+++ b/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass	2013-04-13 04:41:36.419484800 -0700
@@ -589,8 +589,8 @@
 			# 2) skip paths which do not exist
 			#    (python2.6 complains about them verbosely)
 
-			if [[ ${f} == /* && -d ${D}${f} ]]; then
-				set -- "${D}${f}" "${@}"
+			if [[ ${f} == /* && -d ${D%/}${f} ]]; then
+				set -- "${D%/}${f}" "${@}"
 			fi
 		done < <("${PYTHON}" -c 'import sys; print("\0".join(sys.path))')
 
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@
 	local d
 	for d; do
 		# make sure to get a nice path without //
-		local instpath=${d#${D}}
-		instpath=/${instpath##/}
+		local instpath=${d#${D%/}}
+		[[ ${instpath} =~ ^/*(.*)$ ]] && instpath="/${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
 
 		case "${EPYTHON}" in
 			python*)