--- portell.py.orig	Mon Oct 22 07:18:32 2001
+++ portell.py	Mon Aug  4 16:34:27 2003
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 
 try:
 	PORTELL_DB = os.environ['PORTELL_PATH']
+	PORTELL_DB_FILE = PORTELL_DB + ".db"
 except KeyError:
-	PORTELL_DB = "/var/db/portell.db"
+	PORTELL_DB = "/var/db/portell"
+	PORTELL_DB_FILE = "/var/db/portell.db"
 
 PORTS_DIR = "/usr/ports/"
 
@@ -23,13 +25,13 @@
 
 
 def update_db():
-	if os.access(PORTELL_DB, os.F_OK):
-		os.unlink(PORTELL_DB) 
+	if os.access(PORTELL_DB_FILE, os.F_OK):
+		os.unlink(PORTELL_DB_FILE) 
 	try:
-		d = shelve.open(PORTELL_DB)
-		os.chmod(PORTELL_DB, 0666) 
+		d = shelve.open(PORTELL_DB_FILE)
+		os.chmod(PORTELL_DB_FILE, 0666) 
 	except:
-		print "can't read or write %s. are you root?" % PORTELL_DB
+		print "can't read or write %s. are you root?" % PORTELL_DB_FILE
 		sys.exit(0)
 	os.path.walk(PORTS_DIR, write_pathname, d)
 	d.close()
@@ -46,12 +48,12 @@
 	else:
 		portname = sys.argv[1]
 
-	if not os.access(PORTELL_DB, os.F_OK):
-		print >> sys.stderr, "you need to create %s first." % PORTELL_DB
+	if not os.access(PORTELL_DB_FILE, os.F_OK):
+		print >> sys.stderr, "you need to create %s first." % PORTELL_DB_FILE
 		print >> sys.stderr, "type: %s -u" % sys.argv[0]
 		sys.exit(0)
 
-	d = shelve.open(PORTELL_DB)
+	d = shelve.open(PORTELL_DB_FILE)
 
 	if d.has_key(portname): 
 		descr_path = d[portname] + "/pkg-descr"