[gentoo-embedded] Emerging into SYSROOT causes packages to install in host system

[Dave Bender]

Dear list,
  I am attempting to cross compile x86 packages on an x86_64 host. In particular,
 when I attempt to emerge baselayout-2 into my SYSROOT path, emerge wants to
 emerge baselayout-2 into my host system. PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT is also set to the
SYSROOT, so I do not understand why for example, package.mask on my host system
is taken into account at all when emerge determines dependencies.
I am following the instructions in Chapter 5 of the Embedded Gentoo Handbook
to the letter and do not understand why this behaviour is occurring.

Thanks
Dave

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