With python2.x, __file__ may refer to the compiled bytcode file, but we
want to follow the symlink of the uncompile py file.
# these variables are not used with target_root or config_root
# NOTE: Use realpath(__file__) so that python module symlinks in site-packages
# are followed back to the real location of the whole portage installation.
-PORTAGE_BASE_PATH = os.path.join(os.sep, os.sep.join(os.path.realpath(__file__).split(os.sep)[:-3]))
+PORTAGE_BASE_PATH = os.path.join(os.sep, os.sep.join(os.path.realpath(__file__.rstrip("co")).split(os.sep)[:-3]))
PORTAGE_BIN_PATH = PORTAGE_BASE_PATH + "/bin"
PORTAGE_PYM_PATH = PORTAGE_BASE_PATH + "/pym"
LOCALE_DATA_PATH = PORTAGE_BASE_PATH + "/locale" # FIXME: not used