diff -uNpr portage-2.0.51.19/pym/portage.py portage-2.0.51.19-config/pym/portage.py
--- portage-2.0.51.19/pym/portage.py	2005-03-03 11:45:01.000000000 -0500
+++ portage-2.0.51.19-config/pym/portage.py	2005-07-14 20:48:36.000000000 -0400
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ def doebuild(myebuild,mydo,myroot,mysett
 			return unmerge(mysettings["CATEGORY"],mysettings["PF"],myroot,mysettings)
 
 	# if any of these are being called, handle them -- running them out of the sandbox -- and stop now.
-	if mydo=="clean":
+	if mydo in ["clean","config"]:
 		logfile=None
 	if mydo in ["help","clean","setup"]:
 		return spawn(EBUILD_SH_BINARY+" "+mydo,mysettings,debug=debug,free=1,logfile=logfile)