CONFIG_MEMORY_FILE = PRIVATE_PATH + "/config"
NEWS_LIB_PATH = "var/lib/gentoo"
-# these variables are not used with target_root or config_root
+# these variables get EPREFIX prepended automagically when they are
+# translated into their lowercase variants
DEPCACHE_PATH = "/var/cache/edb/dep"
GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH = "/usr/share/portage/config"
+
+# these variables are not used with target_root or config_root
PORTAGE_BASE_PATH = os.path.join(os.sep, os.sep.join(__file__.split(os.sep)[:-3]))
PORTAGE_BIN_PATH = PORTAGE_BASE_PATH + "/bin"
PORTAGE_PYM_PATH = PORTAGE_BASE_PATH + "/pym"