--- emerge	2005-11-27 16:33:07.394993200 -0500
+++ emerge.patched	2005-12-07 22:13:44.637095256 -0500
@@ -615,10 +615,11 @@
 elif "--help" in myopts:
 	help()
 	sys.exit(0)
+
 elif portage.secpass!=2:
 	if myaction in ["search", "info", "regen", "metadata"]:
 		pass
-	elif (not myaction) and (not myfiles):
+	elif (not myaction) and (not myfiles) and ("--resume" not in myopts):
 		pass
 	elif ("--pretend" in myopts) and (myaction in ["world","system","clean","prune","unmerge"]):
 		pass