Index: git-r3.eclass
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/git-r3.eclass,v
--- git-r3.eclass	7 Jul 2014 14:41:56 -0000	1.45
+++ git-r3.eclass	28 Jul 2014 13:14:29 -0000
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ 
 		local fetch_command=( git fetch "${r}" )
 		local clone_type=${EGIT_CLONE_TYPE}
 
-		if [[ ${r} == https://* ]] && ! has_version 'dev-vcs/git[curl]'; then
+		if [[ ${r} == https://* ]] && ! ROOT=/ has_version 'dev-vcs/git[curl]'; then
 			eerror "git-r3: fetching from https:// requested. In order to support https,"
 			eerror "dev-vcs/git needs to be built with USE=curl. Example solution:"
 			eerror