--- portage.py.orig	2004-11-11 20:25:22.302739990 -0500
+++ portage.py	2004-11-11 20:26:38.028430608 -0500
@@ -797,6 +797,30 @@
 			items[-1] != items[0]:
 			version += items[1]
 
+	# now look in .config for a local version
+	config_pathname = os.path.join(base_dir, '.config')
+	try:
+		f = open(config_pathname, 'r')
+	except OSError, details:
+		return (None, str(details))
+	except IOError, details:
+		return (None, str(details))
+	# dunno how much of a performance hit this is..
+	# it basically does a grep through the whole .config
+	try:
+	    data = f.read()
+	except OSError, details:
+		return (None, str(details))
+	except IOError, details:
+		return (None, str(details))
+	data = data.split('\n')
+	pattern = re.compile('CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="(.*)"')
+	for line in data:
+		match = pattern.search(line)
+		if (match):
+			version += match.group(1)
+	f.close()
+
 	return (version,None)
 
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