diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
index 9f47436..91ca67e 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
@@ -1001,7 +1001,9 @@ class binarytree(object):
 					# Local package instances override remote instances
 					# with the same instance_key.
 					if instance_key in metadata:
+						writemsg('populate local pkg: %s\n' % (instance_key,), noiselevel=-1)
 						continue
+					writemsg('populate remote pkg: %s\n' % (instance_key,), noiselevel=-1)
 
 					d["CPV"] = cpv
 					d["BASE_URI"] = remote_base_uri
@@ -1434,6 +1436,7 @@ class binarytree(object):
 		if (self._remotepkgs is None or
 		self.dbapi._instance_key(pkgname) not in self._remotepkgs):
 			return False
+		writemsg('isremote: %s\n' % (self.dbapi._instance_key(pkgname),), noiselevel=-1)
 		# Presence in self._remotepkgs implies that it's remote. When a
 		# package is downloaded, state is updated by self.inject().
 		return True