--- /usr/lib/portage/pym/_emerge/Binpkg.py.orig 2014-03-07 16:57:47.944477943 -0500
+++ /usr/lib/portage/pym/_emerge/Binpkg.py      2014-03-07 16:57:59.384010037 -0500
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
                                gid=portage.data.portage_gid, mode=dir_mode)
 
                # This initializes PORTAGE_LOG_FILE.
-               portage.prepare_build_dirs(self.settings["ROOT"], self.settings, 1)
+               portage.prepare_build_dirs(self.settings["ROOT"], self.settings, 0)
                self._writemsg_level(">>> Extracting info\n")
 
                pkg_xpak = portage.xpak.tbz2(self._pkg_path)