Created attachment 351362 [details, diff] 0001-euse-fix-looking-up-portage-2-style-parent-paths-wit.patch When a parent is defined as ":path/to/profile" the blank name before the colon means the current repo, not the "gentoo" repo.
Patch committed to the repository: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gentoolkit.git;a=commit;h=2e5a3b4c423eaefbbc8d1ad2fff55168c22cb48d It can be tested and verified with gentoolkit-9999
Tried the live ebuild, LGTM :)
Released in gentoolkit-0.3.0.8