diff -ur portage-2.0.53_rc7.orig/pym/portage.py portage-2.0.53_rc7/pym/portage.py
--- portage-2.0.53_rc7.orig/pym/portage.py	2005-10-30 07:28:33.000000000 +0000
+++ portage-2.0.53_rc7/pym/portage.py	2005-11-23 18:04:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -7524,6 +7524,9 @@
 archlist=[]
 for myarch in grabfile(settings["PORTDIR"]+"/profiles/arch.list"):
 	archlist += [myarch,"~"+myarch]
+for myover in settings["PORTDIR_OVERLAY"].split():
+	for myarch in grabfile(myover+"/profiles/arch.list"):
+		archlist += [myarch,"~"+myarch]
 for group in groups:
 	if not archlist:
 		writemsg("--- 'profiles/arch.list' is empty or not available. Empty portage tree?\n")