--- ../../portage-2.0.51-r3.orig/pym/portage.py	2004-11-13 12:40:41.786784168 +0900
+++ portage.py	2004-11-13 12:42:53.777718496 +0900
@@ -6548,7 +6548,7 @@
 						# install of destination is blocked by an existing directory with the same name
 						moveme=0
 						print "!!!",mydest
-					elif stat.S_ISREG(mydmode) or (stat.S_ISLNK(mydmode) and stat.S_ISREG(os.stat(mydest)[stat.ST_MODE])):
+					elif stat.S_ISREG(mydmode) or (os.path.exists(mydest) and stat.S_ISLNK(mydmode) and stat.S_ISREG(os.stat(mydest)[stat.ST_MODE])):
 						cfgprot=0
 						# install of destination is blocked by an existing regular file;
 						# now, config file management may come into play.