diff -uNr portage-2.0.51.22-r2/pym/portage.py portage-patched/pym/portage.py
--- portage-2.0.51.22-r2/pym/portage.py	2005-07-19 19:35:16.789904000 +0900
+++ portage-patched/pym/portage.py	2005-07-19 23:21:06.729902000 +0900
@@ -2608,7 +2608,10 @@
 		return spawn(EBUILD_SH_BINARY+" "+mydo,mysettings,debug=debug,free=1,logfile=logfile)
 	elif mydo in ["prerm","postrm","preinst","postinst","config"]:
 		mysettings.load_infodir(pkg_dir)
-		return spawn(EBUILD_SH_BINARY+" "+mydo,mysettings,debug=debug,free=1,logfile=logfile)
+		if mydo=="config":
+			return spawn(EBUILD_SH_BINARY+" "+mydo,mysettings,debug=debug,free=1)
+		else:
+			return spawn(EBUILD_SH_BINARY+" "+mydo,mysettings,debug=debug,free=1,logfile=logfile)
 
 	try:
 		mysettings["SLOT"],mysettings["RESTRICT"] = db["/"]["porttree"].dbapi.aux_get(mycpv,["SLOT","RESTRICT"])