=== modified file 'functions/fsb_target_gentoo_init'
--- functions/fsb_target_gentoo_init	2013-05-14 18:13:57 +0000
+++ functions/fsb_target_gentoo_init	2013-05-14 18:07:21 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local dir profile profile_link accept_keywords
+local dir profile accept_keywords
 
 fsb_infer_gentoo_settings
 
@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@
 echo local >$dir/var/portage/local/profiles/repo_name || die
 bzr branch -r $STAGE_OVERLAY_REVNO $FSB_OVERLAY_SRC $dir/var/portage/prosys || die "Failed to branch overlay"
 
-profile_link="$(readlink $dir/etc/portage/make.profile)" || die "could not read $dir/etc/portage/make.profile"
-[[ -n $profile_link ]] || die "$dir/etc/portage/make.profile is invalid"
+profile=/usr/portage/${"$(readlink /etc/make.profile)"#*/portage/}
 mv $dir/etc/portage/make.profile{,.orig} || die
-
-profile=/usr/portage/${profile_link#*/portage/}
 ln -s ../../var/portage/local/profiles/custom $dir/etc/portage/make.profile || die
 echo $profile >$dir/etc/portage/make.profile/parent || die
 echo /var/portage/prosys/overlay/profiles/arch/$STAGE_GENTOO_MACHINE >>$dir/etc/portage/make.profile/parent || die