--- bin/emerge.orig	2006-06-27 10:38:37.000000000 -0700
+++ bin/emerge	2006-06-27 10:50:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -2397,6 +2397,7 @@
 			sys.exit(1)
 
 def action_sync(myopts, myaction):
+	settings = portage.settings
 	emergelog(" === "+str(myaction))
 	myportdir=portage.settings["PORTDIR"]
 	if myportdir[-1]=="/":