diff -ruN portage-prefix-2.1.14.orig/pym/portage.py portage-prefix-2.1.14/pym/portage.py
--- portage-prefix-2.1.14.orig/pym/portage.py	2006-07-13 11:08:57.000000000 +0200
+++ portage-prefix-2.1.14/pym/portage.py	2006-07-13 11:09:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@
 		# due to how it's coded... Don't overwrite this so we can use it.
 		mysettings["PORTAGE_DEBUG"]=str(debug)
 
-	mysettings["ROOT"]     = normalize_path(myroot+portage_const.EPREFIX)
+	mysettings["ROOT"]     = normalize_path(myroot+portage_const.EPREFIX)+os.sep
 	mysettings["STARTDIR"] = getcwd()
 
 	mysettings["EBUILD"]   = ebuild_path
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@
 		mysettings["PORTAGE_BUILDDIR"] = os.path.join(mysettings["BUILD_PREFIX"], mysettings["PF"])
 
 	mysettings["WORKDIR"] = os.path.join(mysettings["PORTAGE_BUILDDIR"], "work")
-	mysettings["EDEST"] = os.path.join(mysettings["PORTAGE_BUILDDIR"], "image") + os.sep
+	mysettings["EDEST"] = os.path.join(mysettings["PORTAGE_BUILDDIR"], "image")
 	mysettings["D"] = os.path.normpath(mysettings["EDEST"]+portage_const.EPREFIX)
 	mysettings["T"] = os.path.join(mysettings["PORTAGE_BUILDDIR"], "temp")