Index: portage_exec.py
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--- portage_exec.py	(revision 2155)
+++ portage_exec.py	(working copy)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 		opt_name = mycommand[0]
 	myargs=[opt_name]
 	myargs.extend(mycommand[1:])
-	mypid.append(os.fork())
+	mypid.insert(0, os.fork())
 	if mypid[-1] == 0:
 		# this may look ugly, but basically it moves file descriptors around to ensure no
 		# handles that are needed are accidentally closed during the final dup2 calls.