Index: pym/portage_update.py
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--- pym/portage_update.py	(revision 4432)
+++ pym/portage_update.py	(revision 4433)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	for x in update_files:
 		updating_file = os.path.join(abs_user_config, x)
 		if protect_obj.isprotected(updating_file):
-			updating_file = new_protect_filename(updating_file)[0]
+			updating_file = new_protect_filename(updating_file)
 		try:
 			write_atomic(updating_file, "".join(file_contents[x]))
 		except PortageException, e: