>>> Extracting info
 * Package:    app-misc/ca-certificates-20140927.3.17.2
 * Repository: gentoo
 * USE:        abi_x86_64 amd64 kernel_linux elibc_glibc cacert userland_GNU
 * FEATURES:   preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
>>> Extracting app-misc/ca-certificates-20140927.3.17.2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/dbapi/_MergeProcess.py", line 234, in _spawn
    prev_mtimes=self.prev_mtimes, counter=counter)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4985, in merge
    counter=counter)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4146, in treewalk
    rval = self._merge_contents(srcroot, destroot, cfgfiledict)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4424, in _merge_contents
    self.settings["EPREFIX"].lstrip(os.sep), cfgfiledict, mymtime):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4616, in mergeme
    myrealdest, mydmode, destmd5, mydest_link)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4918, in _protect
    force=force)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/portage/util/__init__.py", line 1704, in new_protect_filename
    encoding=_encodings['merge'], errors='replace')
TypeError: _unicode_decode() takes at least 1 argument (2 given)