Update syntax of calls to print() for compatibility with Python 3.

(2to3-3.1 -f print -nw ${FILES})

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=14290

40 files changed, 945 insertions, 947 deletions

diff --git a/bin/archive-conf b/bin/archive-conf
index 680a99cb5..227bcece2 100755
--- a/bin/archive-conf
+++ b/bin/archive-conf
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def archive_conf():
             try:
                 contents = open(file, "r")
             except IOError as e:
-                print >> sys.stderr, 'archive-conf: Unable to open %s: %s' % (file, e)
+                print('archive-conf: Unable to open %s: %s' % (file, e), file=sys.stderr)
                 sys.exit(1)
             lines = contents.readlines()
             for line in lines:
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ def archive_conf():
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
     archive_conf()
 else:
-    print >> sys.stderr, 'Usage: archive-conf /CONFIG/FILE [/CONFIG/FILE...]'
+    print('Usage: archive-conf /CONFIG/FILE [/CONFIG/FILE...]', file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/bin/check-implicit-pointer-usage.py b/bin/check-implicit-pointer-usage.py
index c462329e4..c50424b83 100755
--- a/bin/check-implicit-pointer-usage.py
+++ b/bin/check-implicit-pointer-usage.py
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ while True:
             pointer_linenum = int(m.group(2))
             if (last_implicit_filename == pointer_filename
                 and last_implicit_linenum == pointer_linenum):
-                print "Function `%s' implicitly converted to pointer at " \
+                print(("Function `%s' implicitly converted to pointer at " \
                       "%s:%d" % (last_implicit_func, last_implicit_filename,
-                                 last_implicit_linenum)
+                                 last_implicit_linenum)))
diff --git a/bin/clean_locks b/bin/clean_locks
index ec593a311..eaeedda33 100755
--- a/bin/clean_locks
+++ b/bin/clean_locks
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ from portage import os
 
 if not sys.argv[1:] or "--help" in sys.argv or "-h" in sys.argv:
 	import portage
-	print
-	print "You must specify directories with hardlink-locks to clean."
-	print "You may optionally specify --force, which will remove all"
-	print "of the locks, even if we can't establish if they are in use."
-	print "Please attempt cleaning without force first."
-	print
-	print "%s %s/.locks" % (sys.argv[0], portage.settings["DISTDIR"])
-	print "%s --force %s/.locks" % (sys.argv[0], portage.settings["DISTDIR"])
-	print
+	print()
+	print("You must specify directories with hardlink-locks to clean.")
+	print("You may optionally specify --force, which will remove all")
+	print("of the locks, even if we can't establish if they are in use.")
+	print("Please attempt cleaning without force first.")
+	print()
+	print("%s %s/.locks" % (sys.argv[0], portage.settings["DISTDIR"]))
+	print("%s --force %s/.locks" % (sys.argv[0], portage.settings["DISTDIR"]))
+	print()
 	sys.exit(1)
 	
 force = False
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ for x in sys.argv[1:]:
 		continue
 	try:
 		for y in portage.locks.hardlock_cleanup(x, remove_all_locks=force):
-			print y
-		print
+			print(y)
+		print()
 		
 	except OSError as e:
 		if e.errno in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR):
-			print "!!! %s is not a directory or does not exist" % x
+			print("!!! %s is not a directory or does not exist" % x)
 		else:
 			raise
 		sys.exit(e.errno)
diff --git a/bin/dispatch-conf b/bin/dispatch-conf
index d0309701e..2ef55a908 100755
--- a/bin/dispatch-conf
+++ b/bin/dispatch-conf
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ class dispatch:
         if self.options['use-rcs'] == 'yes':
             for rcs_util in ("rcs", "ci", "co", "rcsmerge"):
                 if not find_binary(rcs_util):
-                    print >> sys.stderr, \
-                        'dispatch-conf: Error finding all RCS utils and " + \
-                        "use-rcs=yes in config; fatal'
+                    print('dispatch-conf: Error finding all RCS utils and " + \
+                        "use-rcs=yes in config; fatal', file=sys.stderr)
                     return False
 
 
@@ -225,9 +224,9 @@ class dispatch:
                     cmd = self.options['diff'] % (conf['current'], newconf)
                     spawn_shell(cmd)
 
-                print
-                print '>> (%i of %i) -- %s' % (count, len(confs), conf ['current'])
-                print '>> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new\n   m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge: ',
+                print()
+                print('>> (%i of %i) -- %s' % (count, len(confs), conf ['current']))
+                print('>> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new\n   m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge: ', end=' ')
 
                 # In some cases getch() will return some spurious characters
                 # that do not represent valid input. If we don't validate the
@@ -255,10 +254,10 @@ class dispatch:
                     break
                 elif c == 'm':
                     merged = SCRATCH_DIR+"/"+os.path.basename(conf['current'])
-                    print
+                    print()
                     ret = os.system (self.options['merge'] % (merged, conf ['current'], newconf))
                     if ret:
-                        print "Failure running 'merge' command"
+                        print("Failure running 'merge' command")
                         continue
                     shutil.copyfile(merged, mrgconf)
                     os.remove(merged)
@@ -292,12 +291,12 @@ class dispatch:
                     raise AssertionError("Invalid Input: %s" % c)
 
         if auto_zapped:
-            print
-            print " One or more updates are frozen and have been automatically zapped:"
-            print
+            print()
+            print(" One or more updates are frozen and have been automatically zapped:")
+            print()
             for frozen in auto_zapped:
-                print "  * '%s'" % frozen
-            print
+                print("  * '%s'" % frozen)
+            print()
 
     def replace (self, newconf, curconf):
         """Replace current config with the new/merged version.  Also logs
@@ -306,8 +305,8 @@ class dispatch:
         try:
             os.rename(newconf, curconf)
         except (IOError, os.error) as why:
-            print >> sys.stderr, 'dispatch-conf: Error renaming %s to %s: %s; fatal' % \
-                  (newconf, curconf, str(why))
+            print('dispatch-conf: Error renaming %s to %s: %s; fatal' % \
+                  (newconf, curconf, str(why)), file=sys.stderr)
 
 
     def post_process(self, curconf):
@@ -354,19 +353,19 @@ class dispatch:
 
 
     def do_help (self):
-        print; print
-
-        print '  u -- update current config with new config and continue'
-        print '  z -- zap (delete) new config and continue'
-        print '  n -- skip to next config, leave all intact'
-        print '  e -- edit new config'
-        print '  m -- interactively merge current and new configs'
-        print '  l -- look at diff between pre-merged and merged configs'
-        print '  t -- toggle new config between merged and pre-merged state'
-        print '  h -- this screen'
-        print '  q -- quit'
-
-        print; print 'press any key to return to diff...',
+        print(); print
+
+        print('  u -- update current config with new config and continue')
+        print('  z -- zap (delete) new config and continue')
+        print('  n -- skip to next config, leave all intact')
+        print('  e -- edit new config')
+        print('  m -- interactively merge current and new configs')
+        print('  l -- look at diff between pre-merged and merged configs')
+        print('  t -- toggle new config between merged and pre-merged state')
+        print('  h -- this screen')
+        print('  q -- quit')
+
+        print(); print('press any key to return to diff...', end=' ')
 
         getch ()
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild b/bin/ebuild
index e41764b8e..fa7c3d536 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild
+++ b/bin/ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if len(pargs) < 2:
 	parser.error("missing required args")
 
 if "merge" in pargs:
-	print "Disabling noauto in features... merge disables it. (qmerge doesn't)"
+	print("Disabling noauto in features... merge disables it. (qmerge doesn't)")
 	os.environ["FEATURES"] = os.environ.get("FEATURES", "") + " -noauto"
 
 os.environ["PORTAGE_CALLER"]="ebuild"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ebuild = os.path.join(ebuild_portdir, *ebuild.split(os.path.sep)[-3:])
 if ebuild_portdir not in portage.portdb.porttrees:
 	os.environ["PORTDIR_OVERLAY"] = \
 		os.environ.get("PORTDIR_OVERLAY","") + " " + ebuild_portdir
-	print "Appending %s to PORTDIR_OVERLAY..." % ebuild_portdir
+	print("Appending %s to PORTDIR_OVERLAY..." % ebuild_portdir)
 	portage.close_portdbapi_caches()
 	reload(portage)
 del portage.portdb.porttrees[1:]
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ if ebuild_portdir != portage.portdb.porttree_root:
 	portage.portdb.porttrees.append(ebuild_portdir)
 
 if not os.path.exists(ebuild):
-	print "'%s' does not exist." % ebuild
+	print("'%s' does not exist." % ebuild)
 	sys.exit(1)
 
 ebuild_split = ebuild.split("/")
 cpv = "%s/%s" % (ebuild_split[-3], pf)
 
 if not portage.catpkgsplit(cpv):
-	print "!!! %s does not follow correct package syntax." % (cpv)
+	print("!!! %s does not follow correct package syntax." % (cpv))
 	sys.exit(1)
 
 if ebuild.startswith(os.path.join(portage.root, portage.const.VDB_PATH)):
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ if ebuild.startswith(os.path.join(portage.root, portage.const.VDB_PATH)):
 	portage_ebuild = portage.db[portage.root][mytree].dbapi.findname(cpv)
 
 	if os.path.realpath(portage_ebuild) != ebuild:
-		print "!!! Portage seems to think that %s is at %s" % (cpv, portage_ebuild)
+		print("!!! Portage seems to think that %s is at %s" % (cpv, portage_ebuild))
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 else:
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ else:
 	portage_ebuild = portage.portdb.findname(cpv)
 
 	if not portage_ebuild or portage_ebuild != ebuild:
-		print "!!! %s does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure." % ebuild
+		print("!!! %s does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure." % ebuild)
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 if len(pargs) > 1 and "config" in pargs:
-	print "config must be called on it's own, not combined with any other phase"
+	print("config must be called on it's own, not combined with any other phase")
 	sys.exit(1)
 
 def discard_digests(myebuild, mysettings, mydbapi):
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ for arg in pargs:
 		a = portage.doebuild(ebuild, arg, portage.root, tmpsettings,
 			debug=debug, tree=mytree)
 	except KeyboardInterrupt:
-		print "Interrupted."
+		print("Interrupted.")
 		a = 1
 	except KeyError:
 		# aux_get error
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ for arg in pargs:
 		portage.writemsg("!!! Permission Denied: %s\n" % (e,), noiselevel=-1)
 		a = 1
 	if a == None:
-		print "Could not run the required binary?"
+		print("Could not run the required binary?")
 		a = 127
 	if a:
 		sys.exit(a)
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml
index be3716d8e..f672a9a0c 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml
@@ -106,19 +106,19 @@ class OptionsClass:
 def print_help():
 	opts = OptionsClass()
 
-	print "dohtml [-a .foo,.bar] [-A .foo,.bar] [-f foo,bar] [-x foo,bar]"
-	print "       [-r] [-V] <file> [file ...]"
-	print
-	print " -a   Set the list of allowed to those that are specified."
-	print "      Default:", ",".join(opts.allowed_exts)
-	print " -A   Extend the list of allowed file types."
-	print " -f   Set list of allowed extensionless file names."
-	print " -x   Set directories to be excluded from recursion."
-	print "      Default:", ",".join(opts.disallowed_dirs)
-	print " -p   Set a document prefix for installed files (empty by default)."
-	print " -r   Install files and directories recursively."
-	print " -V   Be verbose."
-	print
+	print("dohtml [-a .foo,.bar] [-A .foo,.bar] [-f foo,bar] [-x foo,bar]")
+	print("       [-r] [-V] <file> [file ...]")
+	print()
+	print(" -a   Set the list of allowed to those that are specified.")
+	print("      Default:", ",".join(opts.allowed_exts))
+	print(" -A   Extend the list of allowed file types.")
+	print(" -f   Set list of allowed extensionless file names.")
+	print(" -x   Set directories to be excluded from recursion.")
+	print("      Default:", ",".join(opts.disallowed_dirs))
+	print(" -p   Set a document prefix for installed files (empty by default).")
+	print(" -r   Install files and directories recursively.")
+	print(" -V   Be verbose.")
+	print()
 
 def parse_args():
 	options = OptionsClass()
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ def main():
 	(options, args) = parse_args()
 
 	if options.verbose:
-		print "Allowed extensions:", options.allowed_exts
-		print "Document prefix : '" + options.doc_prefix	 + "'"
-		print "Allowed files :", options.allowed_files
+		print("Allowed extensions:", options.allowed_exts)
+		print("Document prefix : '" + options.doc_prefix	 + "'")
+		print("Allowed files :", options.allowed_files)
 
 	success = False
 	
diff --git a/bin/emaint b/bin/emaint
index ac791c14c..2dd6d1407 100755
--- a/bin/emaint
+++ b/bin/emaint
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def emaint_main(myargv):
 	if parser.action:
 		action = parser.action
 	else:
-		print "Defaulting to --check"
+		print("Defaulting to --check")
 		action = "-c/--check"
 
 	if args[0] == "all":
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def emaint_main(myargv):
 
 	isatty = sys.stdout.isatty()
 	for task in tasks:
-		print status % task.name()
+		print(status % task.name())
 		inst = task()
 		onProgress = None
 		if isatty:
@@ -554,14 +554,14 @@ def emaint_main(myargv):
 		if isatty:
 			# make sure the final progress is displayed
 			progressHandler.display()
-			print
+			print()
 			signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, signal.SIG_DFL)
 		if result:
-			print
-			print "\n".join(result)
-			print "\n"
+			print()
+			print("\n".join(result))
+			print("\n")
 
-	print "Finished"
+	print("Finished")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	emaint_main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/bin/env-update b/bin/env-update
index 3fa21c7fa..912602f7b 100755
--- a/bin/env-update
+++ b/bin/env-update
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import sys, errno
 
 def usage(status):
-	print "Usage: env-update [--no-ldconfig]"
-	print ""
-	print "See the env-update(1) man page for more info"
+	print("Usage: env-update [--no-ldconfig]")
+	print("")
+	print("See the env-update(1) man page for more info")
 	sys.exit(status)
 
 if "-h" in sys.argv or "--help" in sys.argv:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if "--no-ldconfig" in sys.argv:
 	sys.argv.pop(sys.argv.index("--no-ldconfig"))
 
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-	print "!!! Invalid command line options!\n"
+	print("!!! Invalid command line options!\n")
 	usage(1)
 
 try:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ try:
 	portage.env_update(makelinks)
 except IOError as e:
 	if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
-		print "env-update: Need superuser access"
+		print("env-update: Need superuser access")
 		sys.exit(1)
 	else:
 		raise
diff --git a/bin/fixpackages b/bin/fixpackages
index dc7a5d24f..a85277f0e 100755
--- a/bin/fixpackages
+++ b/bin/fixpackages
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
 
 portage._global_updates(mytrees, mtimedb["updates"])
 
-print
-print "Done."
-print
+print()
+print("Done.")
+print()
diff --git a/bin/portageq b/bin/portageq
index 04c0ca034..0e26be01c 100755
--- a/bin/portageq
+++ b/bin/portageq
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def has_version(argv):
 	Return code 0 if it's available, 1 otherwise.
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 2):
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	if atom_validate_strict and not portage.isvalidatom(argv[1]):
 		portage.writemsg("ERROR: Invalid atom: '%s'\n" % argv[1],
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def best_version(argv):
 	Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 2):
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	if atom_validate_strict and not portage.isvalidatom(argv[1]):
 		portage.writemsg("ERROR: Invalid atom: '%s'\n" % argv[1],
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def best_version(argv):
 		return 2
 	try:
 		mylist=portage.db[argv[0]]["vartree"].dbapi.match(argv[1])
-		print portage.best(mylist)
+		print(portage.best(mylist))
 	except KeyError:
 		sys.exit(1)
 best_version.uses_root = True
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ def mass_best_version(argv):
 	Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 2):
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	try:
 		for pack in argv[1:]:
 			mylist=portage.db[argv[0]]["vartree"].dbapi.match(pack)
-			print pack+":"+portage.best(mylist)
+			print(pack+":"+portage.best(mylist))
 	except KeyError:
 		sys.exit(1)
 mass_best_version.uses_root = True
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def metadata(argv):
 	Returns metadata values for the specified package.
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 4):
-		print >> sys.stderr, "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!", file=sys.stderr)
 		sys.exit(2)
 
 	root, pkgtype, pkgspec = argv[0:3]
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def metadata(argv):
 		"binary":"bintree",
 		"installed":"vartree"}
 	if pkgtype not in type_map:
-		print >> sys.stderr, "Unrecognized package type: '%s'" % pkgtype
+		print("Unrecognized package type: '%s'" % pkgtype, file=sys.stderr)
 		sys.exit(1)
 	trees = portage.db
 	if os.path.realpath(root) == os.path.realpath(portage.settings["ROOT"]):
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def metadata(argv):
 				pkgspec, metakeys)
 			writemsg_stdout(''.join('%s\n' % x for x in values), noiselevel=-1)
 	except KeyError:
-		print >> sys.stderr, "Package not found: '%s'" % pkgspec
+		print("Package not found: '%s'" % pkgspec, file=sys.stderr)
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 metadata.uses_root = True
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def contents(argv):
 	<root>.
 	"""
 	if len(argv) != 2:
-		print "ERROR: expected 2 parameters, got %d!" % len(argv)
+		print("ERROR: expected 2 parameters, got %d!" % len(argv))
 		return 2
 
 	root, cpv = argv
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ def best_visible(argv):
 	Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 2):
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	try:
 		mylist=portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.match(argv[1])
 		visible=portage.best(mylist)
 		if visible:
-			print visible
+			print(visible)
 			sys.exit(0)
 		else:
 			sys.exit(1)
@@ -370,12 +370,12 @@ def mass_best_visible(argv):
 	Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 2):
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	try:
 		for pack in argv[1:]:
 			mylist=portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.match(pack)
-			print pack+":"+portage.best(mylist)
+			print(pack+":"+portage.best(mylist))
 	except KeyError:
 		sys.exit(1)
 mass_best_visible.uses_root = True
@@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ def all_best_visible(argv):
 	Returns all best_visible packages (without .ebuild).
 	"""
 	if (len(argv) < 1):
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 	
 	#print portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.cp_all()
 	for pkg in portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.cp_all():
 		mybest=portage.best(portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.match(pkg))
 		if mybest:
-			print mybest
+			print(mybest)
 all_best_visible.uses_root = True
 
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def match(argv):
 	be listed.
 	"""
 	if len(argv) != 2:
-		print "ERROR: expected 2 parameters, got %d!" % len(argv)
+		print("ERROR: expected 2 parameters, got %d!" % len(argv))
 		sys.exit(2)
 	root, atom = argv
 	if atom:
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def match(argv):
 		results = portage.db[root]["vartree"].dbapi.cpv_all()
 		results.sort()
 	for cpv in results:
-		print cpv
+		print(cpv)
 match.uses_root = True
 
 
@@ -434,49 +434,49 @@ def gentoo_mirrors(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the mirrors set to use in the portage configuration.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["GENTOO_MIRRORS"]
+	print(portage.settings["GENTOO_MIRRORS"])
 
 
 def portdir(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the PORTDIR path.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["PORTDIR"]
+	print(portage.settings["PORTDIR"])
 
 
 def config_protect(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the CONFIG_PROTECT paths.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["CONFIG_PROTECT"]
+	print(portage.settings["CONFIG_PROTECT"])
 
 
 def config_protect_mask(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK paths.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK"]
+	print(portage.settings["CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK"])
 
 
 def portdir_overlay(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the PORTDIR_OVERLAY path.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["PORTDIR_OVERLAY"]
+	print(portage.settings["PORTDIR_OVERLAY"])
 
 
 def pkgdir(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the PKGDIR path.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["PKGDIR"]
+	print(portage.settings["PKGDIR"])
 
 
 def distdir(argv):
 	"""
 	Returns the DISTDIR path.
 	"""
-	print portage.settings["DISTDIR"]
+	print(portage.settings["DISTDIR"])
 
 
 def envvar(argv):
@@ -489,33 +489,33 @@ def envvar(argv):
 		argv.pop(argv.index("-v"))
 
 	if len(argv) == 0:
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 
 	for arg in argv:
 		if verbose:
-			print arg +"='"+ portage.settings[arg] +"'"
+			print(arg +"='"+ portage.settings[arg] +"'")
 		else:
-			print portage.settings[arg]
+			print(portage.settings[arg])
 
 def get_repos(argv):
 	"""<root>
 	Returns all repos with names (repo_name file) argv[0] = $ROOT
 	"""
 	if len(argv) < 1:
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
-	print " ".join(portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.getRepositories())
+	print(" ".join(portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.getRepositories()))
 
 def get_repo_path(argv):
 	"""<root> <repo_id>+
 	Returns the path to the repo named argv[1], argv[0] = $ROOT
 	"""
 	if len(argv) < 2:
-		print "ERROR: insufficient parameters!"
+		print("ERROR: insufficient parameters!")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	for arg in argv[1:]:
-		print portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.getRepositoryPath(arg)
+		print(portage.db[argv[0]]["porttree"].dbapi.getRepositoryPath(arg))
 
 def list_preserved_libs(argv):
 	"""<root>
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ def list_preserved_libs(argv):
 	"""
 
 	if len(argv) != 1:
-		print "ERROR: wrong number of arguments"
+		print("ERROR: wrong number of arguments")
 		sys.exit(2)
 	mylibs = portage.db[argv[0]]["vartree"].dbapi.plib_registry.getPreservedLibs()
 	rValue = 0
@@ -546,11 +546,11 @@ list_preserved_libs.uses_root = True
 #
 
 def usage(argv):
-	print ">>> Portage information query tool"
-	print ">>> $Id$"
-	print ">>> Usage: portageq <command> [<option> ...]"
-	print ""
-	print "Available commands:"
+	print(">>> Portage information query tool")
+	print(">>> $Id$")
+	print(">>> Usage: portageq <command> [<option> ...]")
+	print("")
+	print("Available commands:")
 
 	#
 	# Show our commands -- we do this by scanning the functions in this
@@ -567,20 +567,20 @@ def usage(argv):
 
 		doc = obj.__doc__
 		if (doc == None):
-			print "   "+name
-			print "      MISSING DOCUMENTATION!"
-			print ""
+			print("   "+name)
+			print("      MISSING DOCUMENTATION!")
+			print("")
 			continue
 
 		lines = doc.split("\n")
-		print "   "+name+" "+lines[0].strip()
+		print("   "+name+" "+lines[0].strip())
 		if (len(sys.argv) > 1):
 			if ("--help" not in sys.argv):
 				lines = lines[:-1]
 			for line in lines[1:]:
-				print "      "+line.strip()
+				print("      "+line.strip())
 	if (len(sys.argv) == 1):
-		print "\nRun portageq with --help for info"
+		print("\nRun portageq with --help for info")
 
 atom_validate_strict = "EBUILD_PHASE" in os.environ
 
diff --git a/bin/quickpkg b/bin/quickpkg
index e0aaf63bd..496a68325 100755
--- a/bin/quickpkg
+++ b/bin/quickpkg
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def quickpkg_main(options, args, eout):
 	if not successes:
 		eout.eerror("No packages found")
 		return 1
-	print
+	print()
 	eout.einfo("Packages now in '%s':" % bintree.pkgdir)
 	import math
 	units = {10:'K', 20:'M', 30:'G', 40:'T',
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ def quickpkg_main(options, args, eout):
 				size_str = str(size)
 		eout.einfo("%s: %s" % (cpv, size_str))
 	if config_files_excluded:
-		print
+		print()
 		eout.ewarn("Excluded config files: %d" % config_files_excluded)
 		eout.ewarn("See --help if you would like to include config files.")
 	if missing:
-		print
+		print()
 		eout.ewarn("The following packages could not be found:")
 		eout.ewarn(" ".join(missing))
 		return 2
diff --git a/bin/regenworld b/bin/regenworld
index 932995d5a..ae359cf38 100755
--- a/bin/regenworld
+++ b/bin/regenworld
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ world_file = os.path.join("/", portage.WORLD_FILE)
 
 # show a little description if we have arguments
 if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] in ["-h", "--help"]:
-	print "This script regenerates the portage world file by checking the portage"
-	print "logfile for all actions that you've done in the past. It ignores any"
-	print "arguments except --help. It is recommended that you make a backup of"
-	print "your existing world file (%s) before using this tool." % world_file
+	print("This script regenerates the portage world file by checking the portage")
+	print("logfile for all actions that you've done in the past. It ignores any")
+	print("arguments except --help. It is recommended that you make a backup of")
+	print("your existing world file (%s) before using this tool." % world_file)
 	sys.exit(0)
 
 worldlist = portage.grabfile(os.path.join("/", portage.WORLD_FILE))
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ for mykey in biglist:
 		mylist=portage.db["/"]["vartree"].dbapi.match(mykey)
 	except (portage.exception.InvalidAtom, KeyError):
 		if "--debug" in sys.argv:
-			print "* ignoring broken log entry for %s (likely injected)" % mykey
+			print("* ignoring broken log entry for %s (likely injected)" % mykey)
 	except ValueError as e:
-		print "* %s is an ambigous package name, candidates are:\n%s" % (mykey, e)
+		print("* %s is an ambigous package name, candidates are:\n%s" % (mykey, e))
 		continue
 	if mylist:
 		#print "mylist:",mylist
 		myfavkey=portage.cpv_getkey(mylist[0])
 		if (myfavkey not in realsyslist) and (myfavkey not in worldlist):
-			print "add to world:",myfavkey
+			print("add to world:",myfavkey)
 			worldlist.append(myfavkey)
 
 portage.write_atomic(os.path.join("/", portage.WORLD_FILE),
diff --git a/bin/repoman b/bin/repoman
index 570c0b936..52f15780c 100755
--- a/bin/repoman
+++ b/bin/repoman
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if repoman_settings.get("NOCOLOR", "").lower() in ("yes", "true") or \
 	nocolor()
 
 def warn(txt):
-	print "repoman: " + txt
+	print("repoman: " + txt)
 
 def err(txt):
 	warn(txt)
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ no_exec = frozenset(["Manifest","ChangeLog","metadata.xml"])
 options, arguments = ParseArgs(sys.argv, qahelp)
 
 if options.version:
-	print "Portage", portage.VERSION
+	print("Portage", portage.VERSION)
 	sys.exit(0)
 
 # Set this to False when an extraordinary issue (generally
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ if vcs == "cvs" and \
 		prefix = bad(" * ")
 		from textwrap import wrap
 		for line in wrap(msg, 70):
-			print prefix + line
+			print(prefix + line)
 		sys.exit(1)
 	del repo_lines
 
@@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ repolevel = len(reposplit)
 # Reason for this is if they're trying to commit in just $FILESDIR/*, the Manifest needs updating.
 # this check ensures that repoman knows where it is, and the manifest recommit is at least possible.
 if options.mode == 'commit' and repolevel not in [1,2,3]:
-	print red("***")+" Commit attempts *must* be from within a vcs co, category, or package directory."
-	print red("***")+" Attempting to commit from a packages files directory will be blocked for instance."
-	print red("***")+" This is intended behaviour, to ensure the manifest is recommited for a package."
-	print red("***")
+	print(red("***")+" Commit attempts *must* be from within a vcs co, category, or package directory.")
+	print(red("***")+" Attempting to commit from a packages files directory will be blocked for instance.")
+	print(red("***")+" This is intended behaviour, to ensure the manifest is recommited for a package.")
+	print(red("***"))
 	err("Unable to identify level we're commiting from for %s" % '/'.join(reposplit))
 
 startdir = normalize_path(mydir)
@@ -672,10 +672,10 @@ for x in repoman_settings.archlist():
 	if x[0] == "~":
 		continue
 	if x not in profiles:
-		print red("\""+x+"\" doesn't have a valid profile listed in profiles.desc.")
-		print red("You need to either \"cvs update\" your profiles dir or follow this")
-		print red("up with the "+x+" team.")
-		print
+		print(red("\""+x+"\" doesn't have a valid profile listed in profiles.desc."))
+		print(red("You need to either \"cvs update\" your profiles dir or follow this"))
+		print(red("up with the "+x+" team."))
+		print()
 
 if not liclist:
 	logging.fatal("Couldn't find licenses?")
@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ metadata_dtd = os.path.join(repoman_settings["DISTDIR"], 'metadata.dtd')
 if options.mode == "manifest":
 	pass
 elif not find_binary('xmllint'):
-	print red("!!! xmllint not found. Can't check metadata.xml.\n")
+	print(red("!!! xmllint not found. Can't check metadata.xml.\n"))
 	if options.xml_parse or repolevel==3:
-		print red("!!!")+" sorry, xmllint is needed.  failing\n"
+		print(red("!!!")+" sorry, xmllint is needed.  failing\n")
 		sys.exit(1)
 else:
 	#hardcoded paths/urls suck. :-/
@@ -780,13 +780,13 @@ else:
 
 	except (OSError,IOError) as e:
 		if e.errno != 2:
-			print red("!!!")+" caught exception '%s' for %s/metadata.dtd, bailing" % (str(e), portage.CACHE_PATH)
+			print(red("!!!")+" caught exception '%s' for %s/metadata.dtd, bailing" % (str(e), portage.CACHE_PATH))
 			sys.exit(1)
 
 	if must_fetch:
-		print 
-		print green("***")+" the local copy of metadata.dtd needs to be refetched, doing that now"
-		print
+		print() 
+		print(green("***")+" the local copy of metadata.dtd needs to be refetched, doing that now")
+		print()
 		val = 0
 		try:
 			try:
@@ -801,12 +801,12 @@ else:
 		except SystemExit as e:
 			raise  # Need to propogate this
 		except Exception as e:
-			print
-			print red("!!!")+" attempting to fetch 'http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd', caught"
-			print red("!!!")+" exception '%s' though." % str(e)
+			print()
+			print(red("!!!")+" attempting to fetch 'http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd', caught")
+			print(red("!!!")+" exception '%s' though." % str(e))
 			val=0
 		if not val:
-			print red("!!!")+" fetching new metadata.dtd failed, aborting"
+			print(red("!!!")+" fetching new metadata.dtd failed, aborting")
 			sys.exit(1)
 	#this can be problematic if xmllint changes their output
 	xmllint_capable=True
@@ -817,9 +817,9 @@ if options.mode == 'commit' and vcs:
 if options.mode == "manifest":
 	pass
 elif options.pretend:
-	print green("\nRepoMan does a once-over of the neighborhood...")
+	print(green("\nRepoMan does a once-over of the neighborhood..."))
 else:
-	print green("\nRepoMan scours the neighborhood...")
+	print(green("\nRepoMan scours the neighborhood..."))
 
 new_ebuilds = set()
 modified_changelogs = set()
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ for x in scanlist:
 
 		repoman_settings["O"] = checkdir
 		if not portage.digestgen([], repoman_settings, myportdb=portdb):
-			print "Unable to generate manifest."
+			print("Unable to generate manifest.")
 			dofail = 1
 		if options.mode == "manifest":
 			if not dofail and options.force and auto_assumed and \
@@ -1188,9 +1188,9 @@ for x in scanlist:
 				"xmllint --nonet --noout --dtdvalid '%s' '%s'" % \
 				 (metadata_dtd, os.path.join(checkdir, "metadata.xml")))
 			if st != os.EX_OK:
-				print red("!!!") + " metadata.xml is invalid:"
+				print(red("!!!") + " metadata.xml is invalid:")
 				for z in out.splitlines():
-					print red("!!! ")+z
+					print(red("!!! ")+z)
 				stats["metadata.bad"]+=1
 				fails["metadata.bad"].append(x+"/metadata.xml")
 
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ for x in scanlist:
 			fails["ebuild.invalidname"].append(x+"/"+y+".ebuild")
 			continue
 		elif myesplit[0]!=pkgdir:
-			print pkgdir,myesplit[0]
+			print(pkgdir,myesplit[0])
 			stats["ebuild.namenomatch"]=stats["ebuild.namenomatch"]+1
 			fails["ebuild.namenomatch"].append(x+"/"+y+".ebuild")
 			continue
@@ -1792,41 +1792,41 @@ if have_dev_keywords and not options.include_dev:
 	suggest_include_dev = True
 
 if suggest_ignore_masked or suggest_include_dev:
-	print
+	print()
 	if suggest_ignore_masked:
-		print bold("Note: use --without-mask to check " + \
-			"KEYWORDS on dependencies of masked packages")
+		print(bold("Note: use --without-mask to check " + \
+			"KEYWORDS on dependencies of masked packages"))
 
 	if suggest_include_dev:
-		print bold("Note: use --include-dev (-d) to check " + \
-			"dependencies for 'dev' profiles")
-	print
+		print(bold("Note: use --include-dev (-d) to check " + \
+			"dependencies for 'dev' profiles"))
+	print()
 
 if options.mode != 'commit':
 	if dofull:
-		print bold("Note: type \"repoman full\" for a complete listing.")
+		print(bold("Note: type \"repoman full\" for a complete listing."))
 	if dowarn and not dofail:
-		print green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"You're only giving me a partial QA payment?\n              I'll take it this time, but I'm not happy.\""
+		print(green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"You're only giving me a partial QA payment?\n              I'll take it this time, but I'm not happy.\"")
 	elif not dofail:
-		print green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"If everyone were like you, I'd be out of business!\""
+		print(green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"If everyone were like you, I'd be out of business!\"")
 	elif dofail:
-		print turquoise("Please fix these important QA issues first.")
-		print green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"Make your QA payment on time and you'll never see the likes of me.\"\n"
+		print(turquoise("Please fix these important QA issues first."))
+		print(green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"Make your QA payment on time and you'll never see the likes of me.\"\n")
 		sys.exit(1)
 else:
 	if dofail and can_force and options.force and not options.pretend:
-		print green("RepoMan sez:") + \
+		print(green("RepoMan sez:") + \
 			" \"You want to commit even with these QA issues?\n" + \
-			"              I'll take it this time, but I'm not happy.\"\n"
+			"              I'll take it this time, but I'm not happy.\"\n")
 	elif dofail:
 		if options.force and not can_force:
-			print bad("The --force option has been disabled due to extraordinary issues.")
-		print turquoise("Please fix these important QA issues first.")
-		print green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"Make your QA payment on time and you'll never see the likes of me.\"\n"
+			print(bad("The --force option has been disabled due to extraordinary issues."))
+		print(turquoise("Please fix these important QA issues first."))
+		print(green("RepoMan sez:"),"\"Make your QA payment on time and you'll never see the likes of me.\"\n")
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 	if options.pretend:
-		print green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"So, you want to play it safe. Good call.\"\n"
+		print(green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"So, you want to play it safe. Good call.\"\n")
 
 	myunadded = []
 	if vcs == "cvs":
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ else:
 		for x in range(len(myunadded)-1,-1,-1):
 			xs=myunadded[x].split("/")
 			if xs[-1]=="files":
-				print "!!! files dir is not added! Please correct this."
+				print("!!! files dir is not added! Please correct this.")
 				sys.exit(-1)
 			elif xs[-1]=="Manifest":
 				# It's a manifest... auto add
@@ -1864,14 +1864,14 @@ else:
 				del myunadded[x]
 
 	if myautoadd:
-		print ">>> Auto-Adding missing Manifest(s)..."
+		print(">>> Auto-Adding missing Manifest(s)...")
 		if options.pretend:
 			if vcs == "cvs":
-				print "(cvs add "+" ".join(myautoadd)+")"
+				print("(cvs add "+" ".join(myautoadd)+")")
 			if vcs == "svn":
-				print "(svn add "+" ".join(myautoadd)+")"
+				print("(svn add "+" ".join(myautoadd)+")")
 			elif vcs == "git":
-				print "(git add "+" ".join(myautoadd)+")"
+				print("(git add "+" ".join(myautoadd)+")")
 			retval=0
 		else:
 			if vcs == "cvs":
@@ -1886,12 +1886,12 @@ else:
 			sys.exit(retval)
 
 	if myunadded:
-		print red("!!! The following files are in your local tree but are not added to the master")
-		print red("!!! tree. Please remove them from the local tree or add them to the master tree.")
+		print(red("!!! The following files are in your local tree but are not added to the master"))
+		print(red("!!! tree. Please remove them from the local tree or add them to the master tree."))
 		for x in myunadded:
-			print "   ",x
-		print
-		print
+			print("   ",x)
+		print()
+		print()
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 	if vcs == "cvs":
@@ -1946,10 +1946,10 @@ else:
 
 	if vcs:
 		if not (mychanged or mynew or myremoved):
-			print green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"Doing nothing is not always good for QA.\""
-			print
-			print "(Didn't find any changed files...)"
-			print
+			print(green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"Doing nothing is not always good for QA.\"")
+			print()
+			print("(Didn't find any changed files...)")
+			print()
 			sys.exit(1)
 
 	# Manifests need to be regenerated after all other commits, so don't commit
@@ -1985,16 +1985,16 @@ else:
 		if myout[0] == 0:
 			myheaders.append(myfile)
 
-	print "* %s files being committed..." % green(str(len(myupdates))),
+	print("* %s files being committed..." % green(str(len(myupdates))), end=' ')
 	if vcs == 'git':
 		# With git, there's never any keyword expansion, so there's
 		# no need to regenerate manifests and all files will be
 		# committed in one big commit at the end.
-		print
+		print()
 	else:
-		print "%s have headers that will change." % green(str(len(myheaders)))
-		print "* Files with headers will cause the " + \
-			"manifests to be made and recommited."
+		print("%s have headers that will change." % green(str(len(myheaders))))
+		print("* Files with headers will cause the " + \
+			"manifests to be made and recommited.")
 	logging.info("myupdates: %s", myupdates)
 	logging.info("myheaders: %s", myheaders)
 
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ else:
 		except KeyboardInterrupt:
 			exithandler()
 		if not commitmessage or not commitmessage.strip():
-			print "* no commit message?  aborting commit."
+			print("* no commit message?  aborting commit.")
 			sys.exit(1)
 	commitmessage = commitmessage.rstrip()
 	portage_version = getattr(portage, "VERSION", None)
@@ -2051,12 +2051,12 @@ else:
 		mymsg.write(commitmessage)
 		mymsg.close()
 
-		print
-		print green("Using commit message:")
-		print green("------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		print commitmessage
-		print green("------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		print
+		print()
+		print(green("Using commit message:"))
+		print(green("------------------------------------------------------------------------------"))
+		print(commitmessage)
+		print(green("------------------------------------------------------------------------------"))
+		print()
 
 		# Having a leading ./ prefix on file paths can trigger a bug in
 		# the cvs server when committing files to multiple directories,
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ else:
 
 		try:
 			if options.pretend:
-				print "(%s)" % (" ".join(commit_cmd),)
+				print("(%s)" % (" ".join(commit_cmd),))
 			else:
 				retval = spawn(commit_cmd, env=os.environ)
 				if retval != os.EX_OK:
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ else:
 		if "PORTAGE_GPG_DIR" in repoman_settings:
 			gpgcmd += " --homedir "+repoman_settings["PORTAGE_GPG_DIR"]
 		if options.pretend:
-			print "("+gpgcmd+" "+filename+")"
+			print("("+gpgcmd+" "+filename+")")
 		else:
 			rValue = os.system(gpgcmd+" "+filename)
 			if rValue == os.EX_OK:
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ else:
 				portage.digestgen([], repoman_settings, manifestonly=1,
 					myportdb=portdb)
 		elif repolevel==1: # repo-cvsroot
-			print green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"You're rather crazy... doing the entire repository.\"\n"
+			print(green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"You're rather crazy... doing the entire repository.\"\n")
 			for x in myfiles:
 				xs=x.split("/")
 				if len(xs) < 4-repolevel:
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ else:
 				portage.digestgen([], repoman_settings, manifestonly=1,
 					myportdb=portdb)
 		else:
-			print red("I'm confused... I don't know where I am!")
+			print(red("I'm confused... I don't know where I am!"))
 			sys.exit(1)
 
 		# Force an unsigned commit when more than one Manifest needs to be signed.
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ else:
 
 			try:
 				if options.pretend:
-					print "(%s)" % (" ".join(commit_cmd),)
+					print("(%s)" % (" ".join(commit_cmd),))
 				else:
 					retval = spawn(commit_cmd, env=os.environ)
 					if retval:
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ else:
 						continue
 					gpgsign(os.path.join(repoman_settings["O"], "Manifest"))
 			elif repolevel==1: # repo-cvsroot
-				print green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"You're rather crazy... doing the entire repository.\"\n"
+				print(green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"You're rather crazy... doing the entire repository.\"\n")
 				mydone=[]
 				for x in myfiles:
 					xs=x.split("/")
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ else:
 		update_index_cmd = ["git", "update-index"]
 		update_index_cmd.extend(f.lstrip("./") for f in myfiles)
 		if options.pretend:
-			print "(%s)" % (" ".join(update_index_cmd),)
+			print("(%s)" % (" ".join(update_index_cmd),))
 		else:
 			retval = spawn(update_index_cmd, env=os.environ)
 			if retval != os.EX_OK:
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ else:
 
 		try:
 			if options.pretend:
-				print "(%s)" % (" ".join(commit_cmd),)
+				print("(%s)" % (" ".join(commit_cmd),))
 			else:
 				retval = spawn(commit_cmd, env=os.environ)
 				if retval != os.EX_OK:
@@ -2323,11 +2323,11 @@ else:
 			except OSError:
 				pass
 
-	print
+	print()
 	if vcs:
-		print "Commit complete."
+		print("Commit complete.")
 	else:
-		print "repoman was too scared by not seeing any familiar version control file that he forgot to commit anything"
-	print green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"If everyone were like you, I'd be out of business!\"\n"
+		print("repoman was too scared by not seeing any familiar version control file that he forgot to commit anything")
+	print(green("RepoMan sez:"), "\"If everyone were like you, I'd be out of business!\"\n")
 sys.exit(0)
 
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py b/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py
index d532335e6..4655be7ff 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py
@@ -904,10 +904,10 @@ class Scheduler(PollScheduler):
 				root_msg = ""
 				if mysettings["ROOT"] != "/":
 					root_msg = " merged to %s" % mysettings["ROOT"]
-				print
+				print()
 				printer.einfo("Error messages for package %s%s:" % \
 					(colorize("INFORM", key), root_msg))
-				print
+				print()
 				for phase in portage.const.EBUILD_PHASES:
 					if phase not in logentries:
 						continue
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ class Scheduler(PollScheduler):
 		@rtype: bool
 		@returns: True if successful, False otherwise.
 		"""
-		print colorize("GOOD", "*** Resuming merge...")
+		print(colorize("GOOD", "*** Resuming merge..."))
 
 		if self._show_list():
 			if "--tree" in self.myopts:
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ class Scheduler(PollScheduler):
 			"--nodeps" not in self.myopts
 
 		if show_spinner:
-			print "Calculating dependencies  ",
+			print("Calculating dependencies  ", end=' ')
 
 		myparams = create_depgraph_params(self.myopts, None)
 		success = False
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ class Scheduler(PollScheduler):
 			dropped_tasks = set()
 
 		if show_spinner:
-			print "\b\b... done!"
+			print("\b\b... done!")
 
 		if e is not None:
 			def unsatisfied_resume_dep_msg():
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/actions.py b/pym/_emerge/actions.py
index 9de19cfbd..3255a9b9e 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/actions.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/actions.py
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 		else:
 			action = "merged"
 		if "--tree" in myopts and action != "fetched": # Tree doesn't work with fetching
-			print
-			print darkgreen("These are the packages that would be %s, in reverse order:") % action
-			print
+			print()
+			print(darkgreen("These are the packages that would be %s, in reverse order:") % action)
+			print()
 		else:
-			print
-			print darkgreen("These are the packages that would be %s, in order:") % action
-			print
+			print()
+			print(darkgreen("These are the packages that would be %s, in order:") % action)
+			print()
 
 	show_spinner = "--quiet" not in myopts and "--nodeps" not in myopts
 	if not show_spinner:
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 			favorites = []
 
 		if show_spinner:
-			print "Calculating dependencies  ",
+			print("Calculating dependencies  ", end=' ')
 		myparams = create_depgraph_params(myopts, myaction)
 
 		resume_data = mtimedb["resume"]
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 			if isinstance(e, depgraph.UnsatisfiedResumeDep):
 				mydepgraph = e.depgraph
 			if show_spinner:
-				print
+				print()
 			from textwrap import wrap
 			from portage.output import EOutput
 			out = EOutput()
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 					out.eerror(line)
 		else:
 			if show_spinner:
-				print "\b\b... done!"
+				print("\b\b... done!")
 
 		if success:
 			if dropped_tasks:
@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 			return 1
 	else:
 		if ("--resume" in myopts):
-			print darkgreen("emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume...")
+			print(darkgreen("emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume..."))
 			return os.EX_OK
 
 		if "--quiet" not in myopts and "--nodeps" not in myopts:
-			print "Calculating dependencies  ",
+			print("Calculating dependencies  ", end=' ')
 			sys.stdout.flush()
 
 		myparams = create_depgraph_params(myopts, myaction)
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 				settings, trees, myopts, myparams, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
 		except portage.exception.PackageSetNotFound as e:
 			if show_spinner:
-				print "\b\b... done!"
+				print("\b\b... done!")
 			root_config = trees[settings["ROOT"]]["root_config"]
 			display_missing_pkg_set(root_config, e.value)
 			return 1
 
 		if show_spinner:
-			print "\b\b... done!"
+			print("\b\b... done!")
 
 		if not success:
 			mydepgraph.display_problems()
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 		if "--resume" in myopts:
 			mymergelist = mydepgraph.altlist()
 			if len(mymergelist) == 0:
-				print colorize("INFORM", "emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume...")
+				print(colorize("INFORM", "emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume..."))
 				return os.EX_OK
 			favorites = mtimedb["resume"]["favorites"]
 			retval = mydepgraph.display(
@@ -355,26 +355,26 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 						not sets[x[1:]].world_candidate)]
 				if "--noreplace" in myopts and \
 					not oneshot and world_candidates:
-					print
+					print()
 					for x in world_candidates:
-						print " %s %s" % (good("*"), x)
+						print(" %s %s" % (good("*"), x))
 					prompt="Would you like to add these packages to your world favorites?"
 				elif settings["AUTOCLEAN"] and "yes"==settings["AUTOCLEAN"]:
 					prompt="Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages?"
 				else:
-					print
-					print "Nothing to merge; quitting."
-					print
+					print()
+					print("Nothing to merge; quitting.")
+					print()
 					return os.EX_OK
 			elif "--fetchonly" in myopts or "--fetch-all-uri" in myopts:
 				prompt="Would you like to fetch the source files for these packages?"
 			else:
 				prompt="Would you like to merge these packages?"
-		print
+		print()
 		if "--ask" in myopts and userquery(prompt) == "No":
-			print
-			print "Quitting."
-			print
+			print()
+			print("Quitting.")
+			print()
 			return os.EX_OK
 		# Don't ask again (e.g. when auto-cleaning packages after merge)
 		myopts.pop("--ask", None)
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 		if ("--resume" in myopts):
 			mymergelist = mydepgraph.altlist()
 			if len(mymergelist) == 0:
-				print colorize("INFORM", "emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume...")
+				print(colorize("INFORM", "emerge: It seems we have nothing to resume..."))
 				return os.EX_OK
 			favorites = mtimedb["resume"]["favorites"]
 			retval = mydepgraph.display(
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 				graph_copy.difference_update(removed_nodes)
 				if not graph_copy.hasallzeros(ignore_priority = \
 					DepPrioritySatisfiedRange.ignore_medium):
-					print "\n!!! --buildpkgonly requires all dependencies to be merged."
-					print "!!! You have to merge the dependencies before you can build this package.\n"
+					print("\n!!! --buildpkgonly requires all dependencies to be merged.")
+					print("!!! You have to merge the dependencies before you can build this package.\n")
 					return 1
 	else:
 		if "--buildpkgonly" in myopts:
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 			graph_copy.difference_update(removed_nodes)
 			if not graph_copy.hasallzeros(ignore_priority = \
 				DepPrioritySatisfiedRange.ignore_medium):
-				print "\n!!! --buildpkgonly requires all dependencies to be merged."
-				print "!!! Cannot merge requested packages. Merge deps and try again.\n"
+				print("\n!!! --buildpkgonly requires all dependencies to be merged.")
+				print("!!! Cannot merge requested packages. Merge deps and try again.\n")
 				return 1
 
 		if ("--resume" in myopts):
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 
 def action_config(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 	if len(myfiles) != 1:
-		print red("!!! config can only take a single package atom at this time\n")
+		print(red("!!! config can only take a single package atom at this time\n"))
 		sys.exit(1)
 	if not is_valid_package_atom(myfiles[0]):
 		portage.writemsg("!!! '%s' is not a valid package atom.\n" % myfiles[0],
@@ -481,46 +481,46 @@ def action_config(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 		portage.writemsg("!!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details.\n")
 		portage.writemsg("!!! (Did you specify a version but forget to prefix with '='?)\n")
 		sys.exit(1)
-	print
+	print()
 	try:
 		pkgs = trees[settings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi.match(myfiles[0])
 	except portage.exception.AmbiguousPackageName as e:
 		# Multiple matches thrown from cpv_expand
 		pkgs = e.args[0]
 	if len(pkgs) == 0:
-		print "No packages found.\n"
+		print("No packages found.\n")
 		sys.exit(0)
 	elif len(pkgs) > 1:
 		if "--ask" in myopts:
 			options = []
-			print "Please select a package to configure:"
+			print("Please select a package to configure:")
 			idx = 0
 			for pkg in pkgs:
 				idx += 1
 				options.append(str(idx))
-				print options[-1]+") "+pkg
-			print "X) Cancel"
+				print(options[-1]+") "+pkg)
+			print("X) Cancel")
 			options.append("X")
 			idx = userquery("Selection?", options)
 			if idx == "X":
 				sys.exit(0)
 			pkg = pkgs[int(idx)-1]
 		else:
-			print "The following packages available:"
+			print("The following packages available:")
 			for pkg in pkgs:
-				print "* "+pkg
-			print "\nPlease use a specific atom or the --ask option."
+				print("* "+pkg)
+			print("\nPlease use a specific atom or the --ask option.")
 			sys.exit(1)
 	else:
 		pkg = pkgs[0]
 
-	print
+	print()
 	if "--ask" in myopts:
 		if userquery("Ready to configure "+pkg+"?") == "No":
 			sys.exit(0)
 	else:
-		print "Configuring pkg..."
-	print
+		print("Configuring pkg...")
+	print()
 	ebuildpath = trees[settings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi.findname(pkg)
 	mysettings = portage.config(clone=settings)
 	vardb = trees[mysettings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def action_config(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 	if retval == os.EX_OK:
 		portage.doebuild(ebuildpath, "clean", mysettings["ROOT"],
 			mysettings, debug=debug, mydbapi=vardb, tree="vartree")
-	print
+	print()
 
 def action_depclean(settings, trees, ldpath_mtimes,
 	myopts, action, myfiles, spinner):
@@ -604,16 +604,16 @@ def action_depclean(settings, trees, ldpath_mtimes,
 	if not cleanlist and "--quiet" in myopts:
 		return
 
-	print "Packages installed:   " + str(len(vardb.cpv_all()))
-	print "Packages in world:    " + \
-		str(len(root_config.sets["world"].getAtoms()))
-	print "Packages in system:   " + \
-		str(len(root_config.sets["system"].getAtoms()))
-	print "Required packages:    "+str(req_pkg_count)
+	print("Packages installed:   " + str(len(vardb.cpv_all())))
+	print("Packages in world:    " + \
+		str(len(root_config.sets["world"].getAtoms())))
+	print("Packages in system:   " + \
+		str(len(root_config.sets["system"].getAtoms())))
+	print("Required packages:    "+str(req_pkg_count))
 	if "--pretend" in myopts:
-		print "Number to remove:     "+str(len(cleanlist))
+		print("Number to remove:     "+str(len(cleanlist)))
 	else:
-		print "Number removed:       "+str(len(cleanlist))
+		print("Number removed:       "+str(len(cleanlist)))
 
 def calc_depclean(settings, trees, ldpath_mtimes,
 	myopts, action, args_set, spinner):
@@ -1200,8 +1200,8 @@ def action_deselect(settings, trees, opts, atoms):
 					break
 		if discard_atoms:
 			for atom in sorted(discard_atoms):
-				print ">>> Removing %s from \"world\" favorites file..." % \
-					colorize("INFORM", str(atom))
+				print(">>> Removing %s from \"world\" favorites file..." % \
+					colorize("INFORM", str(atom)))
 
 			if '--ask' in opts:
 				prompt = "Would you like to remove these " + \
@@ -1214,47 +1214,47 @@ def action_deselect(settings, trees, opts, atoms):
 			if not pretend:
 				world_set.replace(remaining)
 		else:
-			print ">>> No matching atoms found in \"world\" favorites file..."
+			print(">>> No matching atoms found in \"world\" favorites file...")
 	finally:
 		if locked:
 			world_set.unlock()
 	return os.EX_OK
 
 def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
-	print getportageversion(settings["PORTDIR"], settings["ROOT"],
+	print(getportageversion(settings["PORTDIR"], settings["ROOT"],
 		settings.profile_path, settings["CHOST"],
-		trees[settings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi)
+		trees[settings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi))
 	header_width = 65
 	header_title = "System Settings"
 	if myfiles:
-		print header_width * "="
-		print header_title.rjust(int(header_width/2 + len(header_title)/2))
-	print header_width * "="
-	print "System uname: "+platform.platform(aliased=1)
+		print(header_width * "=")
+		print(header_title.rjust(int(header_width/2 + len(header_title)/2)))
+	print(header_width * "=")
+	print("System uname: "+platform.platform(aliased=1))
 
 	lastSync = portage.grabfile(os.path.join(
 		settings["PORTDIR"], "metadata", "timestamp.chk"))
-	print "Timestamp of tree:",
+	print("Timestamp of tree:", end=' ')
 	if lastSync:
-		print lastSync[0]
+		print(lastSync[0])
 	else:
-		print "Unknown"
+		print("Unknown")
 
 	output=commands.getstatusoutput("distcc --version")
 	if not output[0]:
-		print str(output[1].split("\n",1)[0]),
+		print(str(output[1].split("\n",1)[0]), end=' ')
 		if "distcc" in settings.features:
-			print "[enabled]"
+			print("[enabled]")
 		else:
-			print "[disabled]"
+			print("[disabled]")
 
 	output=commands.getstatusoutput("ccache -V")
 	if not output[0]:
-		print str(output[1].split("\n",1)[0]),
+		print(str(output[1].split("\n",1)[0]), end=' ')
 		if "ccache" in settings.features:
-			print "[enabled]"
+			print("[enabled]")
 		else:
-			print "[disabled]"
+			print("[disabled]")
 
 	myvars  = ["sys-devel/autoconf", "sys-devel/automake", "virtual/os-headers",
 	           "sys-devel/binutils", "sys-devel/libtool",  "dev-lang/python"]
@@ -1275,9 +1275,9 @@ def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 					pkgs.append(ver)
 			if pkgs:
 				pkgs = ", ".join(pkgs)
-				print "%-20s %s" % (x+":", pkgs)
+				print("%-20s %s" % (x+":", pkgs))
 		else:
-			print "%-20s %s" % (x+":", "[NOT VALID]")
+			print("%-20s %s" % (x+":", "[NOT VALID]"))
 
 	libtool_vers = ",".join(trees["/"]["vartree"].dbapi.match("sys-devel/libtool"))
 
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 	for x in myvars:
 		if x in settings:
 			if x != "USE":
-				print '%s="%s"' % (x, settings[x])
+				print('%s="%s"' % (x, settings[x]))
 			else:
 				use = set(settings["USE"].split())
 				for varname in use_expand:
@@ -1313,23 +1313,23 @@ def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 							use.remove(f)
 				use = list(use)
 				use.sort()
-				print 'USE="%s"' % " ".join(use),
+				print('USE="%s"' % " ".join(use), end=' ')
 				for varname in use_expand:
 					myval = settings.get(varname)
 					if myval:
-						print '%s="%s"' % (varname, myval),
-				print
+						print('%s="%s"' % (varname, myval), end=' ')
+				print()
 		else:
 			unset_vars.append(x)
 	if unset_vars:
-		print "Unset:  "+", ".join(unset_vars)
-	print
+		print("Unset:  "+", ".join(unset_vars))
+	print()
 
 	if "--debug" in myopts:
 		for x in dir(portage):
 			module = getattr(portage, x)
 			if "cvs_id_string" in dir(module):
-				print "%s: %s" % (str(x), str(module.cvs_id_string))
+				print("%s: %s" % (str(x), str(module.cvs_id_string)))
 
 	# See if we can find any packages installed matching the strings
 	# passed on the command line
@@ -1352,9 +1352,9 @@ def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 		# Loop through each package
 		# Only print settings if they differ from global settings
 		header_title = "Package Settings"
-		print header_width * "="
-		print header_title.rjust(int(header_width/2 + len(header_title)/2))
-		print header_width * "="
+		print(header_width * "=")
+		print(header_title.rjust(int(header_width/2 + len(header_title)/2)))
+		print(header_width * "=")
 		from portage.output import EOutput
 		out = EOutput()
 		for cpv in mypkgs:
@@ -1365,8 +1365,8 @@ def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 				(metadata.get(x, '') for x in Package.metadata_keys)),
 				root_config=root_config, type_name='installed')
 
-			print "\n%s was built with the following:" % \
-				colorize("INFORM", str(pkg.cpv))
+			print("\n%s was built with the following:" % \
+				colorize("INFORM", str(pkg.cpv)))
 
 			pkgsettings.setcpv(pkg)
 			forced_flags = set(chain(pkgsettings.useforce,
@@ -1416,19 +1416,19 @@ def action_info(settings, trees, myopts, myfiles):
 					flags.sort(key=UseFlagDisplay.sort_combined)
 				else:
 					flags.sort(key=UseFlagDisplay.sort_separated)
-				print '%s="%s"' % (varname, ' '.join(str(f) for f in flags)),
-			print
+				print('%s="%s"' % (varname, ' '.join(str(f) for f in flags)), end=' ')
+			print()
 
 			for myvar in mydesiredvars:
 				if metadata[myvar].split() != settings.get(myvar, '').split():
-					print "%s=\"%s\"" % (myvar, metadata[myvar])
-			print
+					print("%s=\"%s\"" % (myvar, metadata[myvar]))
+			print()
 
 			if metadata['DEFINED_PHASES']:
 				if 'info' not in metadata['DEFINED_PHASES'].split():
 					continue
 
-			print ">>> Attempting to run pkg_info() for '%s'" % pkg.cpv
+			print(">>> Attempting to run pkg_info() for '%s'" % pkg.cpv)
 			ebuildpath = vardb.findname(pkg.cpv)
 			if not ebuildpath or not os.path.exists(ebuildpath):
 				out.ewarn("No ebuild found for '%s'" % pkg.cpv)
@@ -1447,10 +1447,9 @@ def action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts, porttrees=None):
 	if cachedir in ["/",    "/bin", "/dev",  "/etc",  "/home",
 					"/lib", "/opt", "/proc", "/root", "/sbin",
 					"/sys", "/tmp", "/usr",  "/var"]:
-		print >> sys.stderr, "!!! PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR IS SET TO A PRIMARY " + \
-			"ROOT DIRECTORY ON YOUR SYSTEM."
-		print >> sys.stderr, \
-			"!!! This is ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT what you want: '%s'" % cachedir
+		print("!!! PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR IS SET TO A PRIMARY " + \
+			"ROOT DIRECTORY ON YOUR SYSTEM.", file=sys.stderr)
+		print("!!! This is ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT what you want: '%s'" % cachedir, file=sys.stderr)
 		sys.exit(73)
 	if not os.path.exists(cachedir):
 		os.makedirs(cachedir)
@@ -1660,7 +1659,7 @@ def action_metadata(settings, portdb, myopts, porttrees=None):
 	if not quiet:
 		# make sure the final progress is displayed
 		progressHandler.display()
-		print
+		print()
 		signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
 	sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -1687,7 +1686,7 @@ def action_regen(settings, portdb, max_jobs, max_load):
 
 def action_search(root_config, myopts, myfiles, spinner):
 	if not myfiles:
-		print "emerge: no search terms provided."
+		print("emerge: no search terms provided.")
 	else:
 		searchinstance = search(root_config,
 			spinner, "--searchdesc" in myopts,
@@ -1697,7 +1696,7 @@ def action_search(root_config, myopts, myfiles, spinner):
 			try:
 				searchinstance.execute(mysearch)
 			except re.error as comment:
-				print "\n!!! Regular expression error in \"%s\": %s" % ( mysearch, comment )
+				print("\n!!! Regular expression error in \"%s\": %s" % ( mysearch, comment ))
 				sys.exit(1)
 			searchinstance.output()
 
@@ -1717,7 +1716,7 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 	except OSError:
 		st = None
 	if st is None:
-		print ">>>",myportdir,"not found, creating it."
+		print(">>>",myportdir,"not found, creating it.")
 		os.makedirs(myportdir,0755)
 		st = os.stat(myportdir)
 
@@ -1756,7 +1755,7 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 	dosyncuri = syncuri
 	updatecache_flg = False
 	if myaction == "metadata":
-		print "skipping sync"
+		print("skipping sync")
 		updatecache_flg = True
 	elif ".git" in vcs_dirs:
 		# Update existing git repository, and ignore the syncuri. We are
@@ -1793,8 +1792,8 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 				(myportdir, vcs_dir), level=logging.ERROR, noiselevel=-1)
 			return 1
 		if not os.path.exists("/usr/bin/rsync"):
-			print "!!! /usr/bin/rsync does not exist, so rsync support is disabled."
-			print "!!! Type \"emerge net-misc/rsync\" to enable rsync support."
+			print("!!! /usr/bin/rsync does not exist, so rsync support is disabled.")
+			print("!!! Type \"emerge net-misc/rsync\" to enable rsync support.")
 			sys.exit(1)
 		mytimeout=180
 
@@ -1931,7 +1930,7 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 				except SystemExit as e:
 					raise # Needed else can't exit
 				except Exception as e:
-					print "Notice:",str(e)
+					print("Notice:",str(e))
 					dosyncuri=syncuri
 
 			if ips:
@@ -1942,32 +1941,32 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 				except SystemExit as e:
 					raise # Needed else can't exit
 				except Exception as e:
-					print "Notice:",str(e)
+					print("Notice:",str(e))
 					dosyncuri=syncuri
 
 			if (retries==0):
 				if "--ask" in myopts:
 					if userquery("Do you want to sync your Portage tree with the mirror at\n" + blue(dosyncuri) + bold("?"))=="No":
-						print
-						print "Quitting."
-						print
+						print()
+						print("Quitting.")
+						print()
 						sys.exit(0)
 				emergelog(xterm_titles, ">>> Starting rsync with " + dosyncuri)
 				if "--quiet" not in myopts:
-					print ">>> Starting rsync with "+dosyncuri+"..."
+					print(">>> Starting rsync with "+dosyncuri+"...")
 			else:
 				emergelog(xterm_titles,
 					">>> Starting retry %d of %d with %s" % \
 						(retries,maxretries,dosyncuri))
-				print "\n\n>>> Starting retry %d of %d with %s" % (retries,maxretries,dosyncuri)
+				print("\n\n>>> Starting retry %d of %d with %s" % (retries,maxretries,dosyncuri))
 
 			if mytimestamp != 0 and "--quiet" not in myopts:
-				print ">>> Checking server timestamp ..."
+				print(">>> Checking server timestamp ...")
 
 			rsynccommand = ["/usr/bin/rsync"] + rsync_opts + extra_rsync_opts
 
 			if "--debug" in myopts:
-				print rsynccommand
+				print(rsynccommand)
 
 			exitcode = os.EX_OK
 			servertimestamp = 0
@@ -2010,7 +2009,7 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 							pass
 				except portage.exception.PortageException as e:
 					# timed out
-					print e
+					print(e)
 					del e
 					if mypids and os.waitpid(mypids[0], os.WNOHANG) == (0,0):
 						os.kill(mypids[0], signal.SIGTERM)
@@ -2036,25 +2035,25 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 				if (servertimestamp != 0) and (servertimestamp == mytimestamp):
 					emergelog(xterm_titles,
 						">>> Cancelling sync -- Already current.")
-					print
-					print ">>>"
-					print ">>> Timestamps on the server and in the local repository are the same."
-					print ">>> Cancelling all further sync action. You are already up to date."
-					print ">>>"
-					print ">>> In order to force sync, remove '%s'." % servertimestampfile
-					print ">>>"
-					print
+					print()
+					print(">>>")
+					print(">>> Timestamps on the server and in the local repository are the same.")
+					print(">>> Cancelling all further sync action. You are already up to date.")
+					print(">>>")
+					print(">>> In order to force sync, remove '%s'." % servertimestampfile)
+					print(">>>")
+					print()
 					sys.exit(0)
 				elif (servertimestamp != 0) and (servertimestamp < mytimestamp):
 					emergelog(xterm_titles,
 						">>> Server out of date: %s" % dosyncuri)
-					print
-					print ">>>"
-					print ">>> SERVER OUT OF DATE: %s" % dosyncuri
-					print ">>>"
-					print ">>> In order to force sync, remove '%s'." % servertimestampfile
-					print ">>>"
-					print
+					print()
+					print(">>>")
+					print(">>> SERVER OUT OF DATE: %s" % dosyncuri)
+					print(">>>")
+					print(">>> In order to force sync, remove '%s'." % servertimestampfile)
+					print(">>>")
+					print()
 					exitcode = SERVER_OUT_OF_DATE
 				elif (servertimestamp == 0) or (servertimestamp > mytimestamp):
 					# actual sync
@@ -2074,7 +2073,7 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 			retries=retries+1
 
 			if retries<=maxretries:
-				print ">>> Retrying..."
+				print(">>> Retrying...")
 				time.sleep(11)
 			else:
 				# over retries
@@ -2116,16 +2115,16 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 			sys.exit(exitcode)
 	elif syncuri[:6]=="cvs://":
 		if not os.path.exists("/usr/bin/cvs"):
-			print "!!! /usr/bin/cvs does not exist, so CVS support is disabled."
-			print "!!! Type \"emerge dev-util/cvs\" to enable CVS support."
+			print("!!! /usr/bin/cvs does not exist, so CVS support is disabled.")
+			print("!!! Type \"emerge dev-util/cvs\" to enable CVS support.")
 			sys.exit(1)
 		cvsroot=syncuri[6:]
 		cvsdir=os.path.dirname(myportdir)
 		if not os.path.exists(myportdir+"/CVS"):
 			#initial checkout
-			print ">>> Starting initial cvs checkout with "+syncuri+"..."
+			print(">>> Starting initial cvs checkout with "+syncuri+"...")
 			if os.path.exists(cvsdir+"/gentoo-x86"):
-				print "!!! existing",cvsdir+"/gentoo-x86 directory; exiting."
+				print("!!! existing",cvsdir+"/gentoo-x86 directory; exiting.")
 				sys.exit(1)
 			try:
 				os.rmdir(myportdir)
@@ -2136,12 +2135,12 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 					sys.exit(1)
 				del e
 			if portage.spawn("cd "+cvsdir+"; cvs -z0 -d "+cvsroot+" co -P gentoo-x86",settings,free=1):
-				print "!!! cvs checkout error; exiting."
+				print("!!! cvs checkout error; exiting.")
 				sys.exit(1)
 			os.rename(os.path.join(cvsdir, "gentoo-x86"), myportdir)
 		else:
 			#cvs update
-			print ">>> Starting cvs update with "+syncuri+"..."
+			print(">>> Starting cvs update with "+syncuri+"...")
 			retval = portage.process.spawn_bash(
 				"cd %s; cvs -z0 -q update -dP" % \
 				(portage._shell_quote(myportdir),), **spawn_kwargs)
@@ -2192,15 +2191,15 @@ def action_sync(settings, trees, mtimedb, myopts, myaction):
 			retval = portage.process.spawn(
 				[postsync, dosyncuri], env=settings.environ())
 			if retval != os.EX_OK:
-				print red(" * ") + bold("spawn failed of " + postsync)
+				print(red(" * ") + bold("spawn failed of " + postsync))
 
 	if(mybestpv != mypvs) and not "--quiet" in myopts:
-		print
-		print red(" * ")+bold("An update to portage is available.")+" It is _highly_ recommended"
-		print red(" * ")+"that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated."
-		print
-		print red(" * ")+"To update portage, run 'emerge portage' now."
-		print
+		print()
+		print(red(" * ")+bold("An update to portage is available.")+" It is _highly_ recommended")
+		print(red(" * ")+"that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.")
+		print()
+		print(red(" * ")+"To update portage, run 'emerge portage' now.")
+		print()
 	
 	display_news_notification(root_config, myopts)
 	return os.EX_OK
@@ -2604,16 +2603,16 @@ def chk_updated_cfg_files(target_root, config_protect):
 		portage.util.find_updated_config_files(target_root, config_protect))
 
 	for x in result:
-		print "\n"+colorize("WARN", " * IMPORTANT:"),
+		print("\n"+colorize("WARN", " * IMPORTANT:"), end=' ')
 		if not x[1]: # it's a protected file
-			print "config file '%s' needs updating." % x[0]
+			print("config file '%s' needs updating." % x[0])
 		else: # it's a protected dir
-			print "%d config files in '%s' need updating." % (len(x[1]), x[0])
+			print("%d config files in '%s' need updating." % (len(x[1]), x[0]))
 
 	if result:
-		print " "+yellow("*")+" See the "+colorize("INFORM","CONFIGURATION FILES")\
-				+ " section of the " + bold("emerge")
-		print " "+yellow("*")+" man page to learn how to update config files."
+		print(" "+yellow("*")+" See the "+colorize("INFORM","CONFIGURATION FILES")\
+				+ " section of the " + bold("emerge"))
+		print(" "+yellow("*")+" man page to learn how to update config files.")
 
 def display_news_notification(root_config, myopts):
 	target_root = root_config.root
@@ -2637,15 +2636,15 @@ def display_news_notification(root_config, myopts):
 		if unreadItems:
 			if not newsReaderDisplay:
 				newsReaderDisplay = True
-				print
-			print colorize("WARN", " * IMPORTANT:"),
-			print "%s news items need reading for repository '%s'." % (unreadItems, repo)
+				print()
+			print(colorize("WARN", " * IMPORTANT:"), end=' ')
+			print("%s news items need reading for repository '%s'." % (unreadItems, repo))
 			
 	
 	if newsReaderDisplay:
-		print colorize("WARN", " *"),
-		print "Use " + colorize("GOOD", "eselect news") + " to read news items."
-		print
+		print(colorize("WARN", " *"), end=' ')
+		print("Use " + colorize("GOOD", "eselect news") + " to read news items.")
+		print()
 
 def getgccversion(chost):
 	"""
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/countdown.py b/pym/_emerge/countdown.py
index 6c97699a3..28352ff43 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/countdown.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/countdown.py
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ from portage.output import colorize
 
 def countdown(secs=5, doing="Starting"):
 	if secs:
-		print ">>> Waiting",secs,"seconds before starting..."
-		print ">>> (Control-C to abort)...\n"+doing+" in: ",
+		print(">>> Waiting",secs,"seconds before starting...")
+		print(">>> (Control-C to abort)...\n"+doing+" in: ", end=' ')
 		ticks=range(secs)
 		ticks.reverse()
 		for sec in ticks:
 			sys.stdout.write(colorize("UNMERGE_WARN", str(sec+1)+" "))
 			sys.stdout.flush()
 			time.sleep(1)
-		print
+		print()
 
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py b/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py
index ea7d1b305..5d90ff0fb 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py
@@ -1064,10 +1064,10 @@ class depgraph(object):
 				if not dep_string:
 					continue
 				if debug:
-					print
-					print "Parent:   ", jbigkey
-					print "Depstring:", dep_string
-					print "Priority:", dep_priority
+					print()
+					print("Parent:   ", jbigkey)
+					print("Depstring:", dep_string)
+					print("Priority:", dep_priority)
 
 				try:
 
@@ -1126,10 +1126,10 @@ class depgraph(object):
 		strict = pkg.type_name != "installed"
 
 		if debug:
-			print
-			print "Parent:   ", pkg
-			print "Depstring:", dep_string
-			print "Priority:", dep_priority
+			print()
+			print("Parent:   ", pkg)
+			print("Depstring:", dep_string)
+			print("Priority:", dep_priority)
 
 		try:
 			selected_atoms = self._select_atoms(dep_root,
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ class depgraph(object):
 			return 0
 
 		if debug:
-			print "Candidates:", selected_atoms
+			print("Candidates:", selected_atoms)
 
 		vardb = self._frozen_config.roots[dep_root].trees["vartree"].dbapi
 
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ class depgraph(object):
 					return 0
 
 		if debug:
-			print "Exiting...", pkg
+			print("Exiting...", pkg)
 
 		return 1
 
@@ -1351,14 +1351,14 @@ class depgraph(object):
 						os.path.join(pkgsettings["PKGDIR"], x)):
 						x = os.path.join(pkgsettings["PKGDIR"], x)
 					else:
-						print "\n\n!!! Binary package '"+str(x)+"' does not exist."
-						print "!!! Please ensure the tbz2 exists as specified.\n"
+						print("\n\n!!! Binary package '"+str(x)+"' does not exist.")
+						print("!!! Please ensure the tbz2 exists as specified.\n")
 						return 0, myfavorites
 				mytbz2=portage.xpak.tbz2(x)
 				mykey=mytbz2.getelements("CATEGORY")[0]+"/"+os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(x))[0]
 				if os.path.realpath(x) != \
 					os.path.realpath(self._frozen_config.trees[myroot]["bintree"].getname(mykey)):
-					print colorize("BAD", "\n*** You need to adjust PKGDIR to emerge this package.\n")
+					print(colorize("BAD", "\n*** You need to adjust PKGDIR to emerge this package.\n"))
 					return 0, myfavorites
 
 				pkg = self._pkg(mykey, "binary", root_config,
@@ -1383,13 +1383,13 @@ class depgraph(object):
 				if ebuild_path:
 					if ebuild_path != os.path.join(os.path.realpath(tree_root),
 						cp, os.path.basename(ebuild_path)):
-						print colorize("BAD", "\n*** You need to adjust PORTDIR or PORTDIR_OVERLAY to emerge this package.\n")
+						print(colorize("BAD", "\n*** You need to adjust PORTDIR or PORTDIR_OVERLAY to emerge this package.\n"))
 						return 0, myfavorites
 					if mykey not in portdb.xmatch(
 						"match-visible", portage.dep_getkey(mykey)):
-						print colorize("BAD", "\n*** You are emerging a masked package. It is MUCH better to use")
-						print colorize("BAD", "*** /etc/portage/package.* to accomplish this. See portage(5) man")
-						print colorize("BAD", "*** page for details.")
+						print(colorize("BAD", "\n*** You are emerging a masked package. It is MUCH better to use"))
+						print(colorize("BAD", "*** /etc/portage/package.* to accomplish this. See portage(5) man"))
+						print(colorize("BAD", "*** page for details."))
 						countdown(int(self._frozen_config.settings["EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY"]),
 							"Continuing...")
 				else:
@@ -1463,8 +1463,8 @@ class depgraph(object):
 						if portage.dep_getkey(atom) == installed_cp]
 
 				if len(expanded_atoms) > 1:
-					print
-					print
+					print()
+					print()
 					ambiguous_package_name(x, expanded_atoms, root_config,
 						self._frozen_config.spinner, self._frozen_config.myopts)
 					return False, myfavorites
@@ -1695,8 +1695,8 @@ class depgraph(object):
 				except SystemExit as e:
 					raise # Needed else can't exit
 				except Exception as e:
-					print >> sys.stderr, "\n\n!!! Problem in '%s' dependencies." % atom
-					print >> sys.stderr, "!!!", str(e), getattr(e, "__module__", None)
+					print("\n\n!!! Problem in '%s' dependencies." % atom, file=sys.stderr)
+					print("!!!", str(e), getattr(e, "__module__", None), file=sys.stderr)
 					raise
 
 		# Now that the root packages have been added to the graph,
@@ -1711,9 +1711,9 @@ class depgraph(object):
 					continue
 				if len(xs) >= 4 and xs[0] != "binary" and xs[3] == "merge":
 					if missing == 0:
-						print
+						print()
 					missing += 1
-					print "Missing binary for:",xs[2]
+					print("Missing binary for:",xs[2])
 
 		try:
 			self.altlist()
@@ -2008,31 +2008,31 @@ class depgraph(object):
 				show_missing_use = unmasked_iuse_reasons
 
 		if show_missing_use:
-			print "\nemerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy "+green(xinfo)+"."
-			print "!!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:"
+			print("\nemerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy "+green(xinfo)+".")
+			print("!!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:")
 			for pkg, mreasons in show_missing_use:
-				print "- "+pkg.cpv+" ("+", ".join(mreasons)+")"
+				print("- "+pkg.cpv+" ("+", ".join(mreasons)+")")
 
 		elif masked_packages:
-			print "\n!!! " + \
+			print("\n!!! " + \
 				colorize("BAD", "All ebuilds that could satisfy ") + \
 				colorize("INFORM", xinfo) + \
-				colorize("BAD", " have been masked.")
-			print "!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:"
+				colorize("BAD", " have been masked."))
+			print("!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:")
 			have_eapi_mask = show_masked_packages(masked_packages)
 			if have_eapi_mask:
-				print
+				print()
 				msg = ("The current version of portage supports " + \
 					"EAPI '%s'. You must upgrade to a newer version" + \
 					" of portage before EAPI masked packages can" + \
 					" be installed.") % portage.const.EAPI
 				from textwrap import wrap
 				for line in wrap(msg, 75):
-					print line
-			print
+					print(line)
+			print()
 			show_mask_docs()
 		else:
-			print "\nemerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "+green(xinfo)+"."
+			print("\nemerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "+green(xinfo)+".")
 
 		# Show parent nodes and the argument that pulled them in.
 		traversed_nodes = set()
@@ -2061,9 +2061,9 @@ class depgraph(object):
 					selected_parent = parent
 			node = selected_parent
 		for line in msg:
-			print line
+			print(line)
 
-		print
+		print()
 
 	def _iter_match_pkgs(self, root_config, pkg_type, atom, onlydeps=False):
 		"""
@@ -4418,11 +4418,11 @@ class depgraph(object):
 			out.write("%s\n" % (myprint,))
 
 		for x in blockers:
-			print x
+			print(x)
 
 		if verbosity == 3:
-			print
-			print counters
+			print()
+			print(counters)
 			if show_repos:
 				# In python-2.x, str() can trigger a UnicodeEncodeError here,
 				# so call __str__() directly.
@@ -4567,7 +4567,7 @@ class depgraph(object):
 				" The following installed packages are masked:\n")
 			show_masked_packages(masked_packages)
 			show_mask_docs()
-			print
+			print()
 
 	def saveNomergeFavorites(self):
 		"""Find atoms in favorites that are not in the mergelist and add them
@@ -4618,8 +4618,8 @@ class depgraph(object):
 		all_added.extend(added_favorites)
 		all_added.sort()
 		for a in all_added:
-			print ">>> Recording %s in \"world\" favorites file..." % \
-				colorize("INFORM", str(a))
+			print(">>> Recording %s in \"world\" favorites file..." % \
+				colorize("INFORM", str(a)))
 		if all_added:
 			world_set.update(all_added)
 
@@ -4997,10 +4997,10 @@ class _dep_check_composite_db(portage.dbapi):
 def ambiguous_package_name(arg, atoms, root_config, spinner, myopts):
 
 	if "--quiet" in myopts:
-		print "!!! The short ebuild name \"%s\" is ambiguous. Please specify" % arg
-		print "!!! one of the following fully-qualified ebuild names instead:\n"
+		print("!!! The short ebuild name \"%s\" is ambiguous. Please specify" % arg)
+		print("!!! one of the following fully-qualified ebuild names instead:\n")
 		for cp in sorted(set(portage.dep_getkey(atom) for atom in atoms)):
-			print "    " + colorize("INFORM", cp)
+			print("    " + colorize("INFORM", cp))
 		return
 
 	s = search(root_config, spinner, "--searchdesc" in myopts,
@@ -5013,8 +5013,8 @@ def ambiguous_package_name(arg, atoms, root_config, spinner, myopts):
 	for cp in sorted(set(portage.dep_getkey(atom) for atom in atoms)):
 		s.addCP(cp)
 	s.output()
-	print "!!! The short ebuild name \"%s\" is ambiguous. Please specify" % arg
-	print "!!! one of the above fully-qualified ebuild names instead.\n"
+	print("!!! The short ebuild name \"%s\" is ambiguous. Please specify" % arg)
+	print("!!! one of the above fully-qualified ebuild names instead.\n")
 
 def insert_category_into_atom(atom, category):
 	alphanum = re.search(r'\w', atom)
@@ -5193,7 +5193,7 @@ def show_masked_packages(masked_packages):
 				# above via mreasons.
 				pass
 
-		print "- "+cpv+" (masked by: "+", ".join(mreasons)+")"
+		print("- "+cpv+" (masked by: "+", ".join(mreasons)+")")
 
 		if comment and comment not in shown_comments:
 			writemsg_stdout(filename + ":\n" + comment + "\n",
@@ -5206,14 +5206,14 @@ def show_masked_packages(masked_packages):
 				continue
 			msg = ("A copy of the '%s' license" + \
 			" is located at '%s'.") % (l, l_path)
-			print msg
-			print
+			print(msg)
+			print()
 			shown_licenses.add(l)
 	return have_eapi_mask
 
 def show_mask_docs():
-	print "For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge"
-	print "man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook."
+	print("For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge")
+	print("man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.")
 
 def filter_iuse_defaults(iuse):
 	for flag in iuse:
@@ -5223,12 +5223,12 @@ def filter_iuse_defaults(iuse):
 			yield flag
 
 def show_blocker_docs_link():
-	print
-	print "For more information about " + bad("Blocked Packages") + ", please refer to the following"
-	print "section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):"
-	print
-	print "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked"
-	print
+	print()
+	print("For more information about " + bad("Blocked Packages") + ", please refer to the following")
+	print("section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):")
+	print()
+	print("http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked")
+	print()
 
 def get_masking_status(pkg, pkgsettings, root_config):
 
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/emergelog.py b/pym/_emerge/emergelog.py
index 4e9a2e93e..bfe6fb441 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/emergelog.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/emergelog.py
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ def emergelog(xterm_titles, mystr, short_msg=None):
 			mylogfile.close()
 	except (IOError,OSError,portage.exception.PortageException) as e:
 		if secpass >= 1:
-			print >> sys.stderr, "emergelog():",e
+			print("emergelog():",e, file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/help.py b/pym/_emerge/help.py
index 18e4369b6..6e634f0cd 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/help.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/help.py
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 from portage.output import bold, turquoise, green
 
 def shorthelp():
-	print bold("emerge:")+" the other white meat (command-line interface to the Portage system)"
-	print bold("Usage:")
-	print "   "+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] [ "+green("action")+" ] [ "+turquoise("ebuild")+" | "+turquoise("tbz2")+" | "+turquoise("file")+" | "+turquoise("@set")+" | "+turquoise("atom")+" ] [ ... ]"
-	print "   "+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] [ "+green("action")+" ] < "+turquoise("system")+" | "+turquoise("world")+" >"
-	print "   "+turquoise("emerge")+" < "+turquoise("--sync")+" | "+turquoise("--metadata")+" | "+turquoise("--info")+" >"
-	print "   "+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--resume")+" [ "+green("--pretend")+" | "+green("--ask")+" | "+green("--skipfirst")+" ]"
-	print "   "+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--help")+" [ "+green("--verbose")+" ] "
-	print bold("Options:")+" "+green("-")+"["+green("abBcCdDefgGhjkKlnNoOpqPsStuvV")+"]"
-	print "          [ " + green("--color")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >            ] [ "+green("--columns")+"    ]"
-	print "          [ "+green("--complete-graph")+"             ] [ "+green("--deep")+"       ]"
-	print "          [ "+green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("JOBS")+" ] [ "+green("--keep-going")+" ] [ " + green("--load-average")+" " + turquoise("LOAD") + "            ]"
-	print "          [ "+green("--newuse")+"    ] [ "+green("--noconfmem")+"  ] [ "+green("--nospinner")+"  ]"
-	print "          [ "+green("--oneshot")+"   ] [ "+green("--onlydeps")+"   ]"
-	print "          [ "+green("--reinstall ")+turquoise("changed-use")+"      ] [ " + green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >         ]"
-	print bold("Actions:")+"  [ "+green("--depclean")+" | "+green("--list-sets")+" | "+green("--search")+" | "+green("--sync")+" | "+green("--version")+"        ]"
+	print(bold("emerge:")+" the other white meat (command-line interface to the Portage system)")
+	print(bold("Usage:"))
+	print("   "+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] [ "+green("action")+" ] [ "+turquoise("ebuild")+" | "+turquoise("tbz2")+" | "+turquoise("file")+" | "+turquoise("@set")+" | "+turquoise("atom")+" ] [ ... ]")
+	print("   "+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] [ "+green("action")+" ] < "+turquoise("system")+" | "+turquoise("world")+" >")
+	print("   "+turquoise("emerge")+" < "+turquoise("--sync")+" | "+turquoise("--metadata")+" | "+turquoise("--info")+" >")
+	print("   "+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--resume")+" [ "+green("--pretend")+" | "+green("--ask")+" | "+green("--skipfirst")+" ]")
+	print("   "+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--help")+" [ "+green("--verbose")+" ] ")
+	print(bold("Options:")+" "+green("-")+"["+green("abBcCdDefgGhjkKlnNoOpqPsStuvV")+"]")
+	print("          [ " + green("--color")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >            ] [ "+green("--columns")+"    ]")
+	print("          [ "+green("--complete-graph")+"             ] [ "+green("--deep")+"       ]")
+	print("          [ "+green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("JOBS")+" ] [ "+green("--keep-going")+" ] [ " + green("--load-average")+" " + turquoise("LOAD") + "            ]")
+	print("          [ "+green("--newuse")+"    ] [ "+green("--noconfmem")+"  ] [ "+green("--nospinner")+"  ]")
+	print("          [ "+green("--oneshot")+"   ] [ "+green("--onlydeps")+"   ]")
+	print("          [ "+green("--reinstall ")+turquoise("changed-use")+"      ] [ " + green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >         ]")
+	print(bold("Actions:")+"  [ "+green("--depclean")+" | "+green("--list-sets")+" | "+green("--search")+" | "+green("--sync")+" | "+green("--version")+"        ]")
 
 def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 	# TODO: Implement a wrap() that accounts for console color escape codes.
@@ -29,42 +29,42 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 	desc_width = 80 - desc_left_margin - 5
 	if "--verbose" not in myopts:
 		shorthelp()
-		print
-		print "   For more help try 'emerge --help --verbose' or consult the man page."
+		print()
+		print("   For more help try 'emerge --help --verbose' or consult the man page.")
 	else:
 		shorthelp()
-		print
-		print turquoise("Help (this screen):")
-		print "       "+green("--help")+" ("+green("-h")+" short option)"
-		print "              Displays this help; an additional argument (see above) will tell"
-		print "              emerge to display detailed help."
-		print
-		print turquoise("Actions:")
-		print "       "+green("--clean")+" ("+green("-c")+" short option)"
-		print "              Cleans the system by removing outdated packages which will not"
-		print "              remove functionalities or prevent your system from working."
-		print "              The arguments can be in several different formats :"
-		print "              * world "
-		print "              * system or"
-		print "              * 'dependency specification' (in single quotes is best.)"
-		print "              Here are a few examples of the dependency specification format:"
-		print "              "+bold("binutils")+" matches"
-		print "                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1"
-		print "              "+bold("sys-devel/binutils")+" matches"
-		print "                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1"
-		print "              "+bold(">sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.7")+" matches"
-		print "                  binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1"
-		print "              "+bold(">=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.7")+" matches"
-		print "                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1"
-		print "              "+bold("<=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")+" matches"
-		print "                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1"
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--config")
-		print "              Runs package-specific operations that must be executed after an"
-		print "              emerge process has completed.  This usually entails configuration"
-		print "              file setup or other similar setups that the user may wish to run."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--depclean")
+		print()
+		print(turquoise("Help (this screen):"))
+		print("       "+green("--help")+" ("+green("-h")+" short option)")
+		print("              Displays this help; an additional argument (see above) will tell")
+		print("              emerge to display detailed help.")
+		print()
+		print(turquoise("Actions:"))
+		print("       "+green("--clean")+" ("+green("-c")+" short option)")
+		print("              Cleans the system by removing outdated packages which will not")
+		print("              remove functionalities or prevent your system from working.")
+		print("              The arguments can be in several different formats :")
+		print("              * world ")
+		print("              * system or")
+		print("              * 'dependency specification' (in single quotes is best.)")
+		print("              Here are a few examples of the dependency specification format:")
+		print("              "+bold("binutils")+" matches")
+		print("                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+		print("              "+bold("sys-devel/binutils")+" matches")
+		print("                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+		print("              "+bold(">sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.7")+" matches")
+		print("                  binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+		print("              "+bold(">=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.7")+" matches")
+		print("                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+		print("              "+bold("<=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")+" matches")
+		print("                  binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--config"))
+		print("              Runs package-specific operations that must be executed after an")
+		print("              emerge process has completed.  This usually entails configuration")
+		print("              file setup or other similar setups that the user may wish to run.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--depclean"))
 
 		paragraph = "Cleans the system by removing packages that are " + \
 		"not associated with explicitly merged packages. Depclean works " + \
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 		"prior to depclean."
 
 		for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
 
 		paragraph =  "WARNING: Inexperienced users are advised to use " + \
 		"--pretend with this option in order to see a preview of which " + \
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 		"depclean, even if they are part of the world set."
 
 		for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
 
 		paragraph = "Depclean serves as a dependency aware version of " + \
 			"--unmerge. When given one or more atoms, it will unmerge " + \
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"--depclean together with --verbose to show reverse dependencies."
 
 		for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       " + green("--deselect") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       " + green("--deselect") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n"))
 
 		paragraph = \
 			"Remove atoms from the world file. This action is implied " + \
@@ -114,148 +114,148 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"atoms from the world file."
 
 		for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--info")
-		print "              Displays important portage variables that will be exported to"
-		print "              ebuild.sh when performing merges. This information is useful"
-		print "              for bug reports and verification of settings. All settings in"
-		print "              make.{conf,globals,defaults} and the environment show up if"
-		print "              run with the '--verbose' flag."
-		print
-		print "       " + green("--list-sets")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--info"))
+		print("              Displays important portage variables that will be exported to")
+		print("              ebuild.sh when performing merges. This information is useful")
+		print("              for bug reports and verification of settings. All settings in")
+		print("              make.{conf,globals,defaults} and the environment show up if")
+		print("              run with the '--verbose' flag.")
+		print()
+		print("       " + green("--list-sets"))
 		paragraph = "Displays a list of available package sets."
 
 		for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--metadata")
-		print "              Transfers metadata cache from ${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ to"
-		print "              /var/cache/edb/dep/ as is normally done on the tail end of an"
-		print "              rsync update using " + bold("emerge --sync") + ". This process populates the"
-		print "              cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of"
-		print "              package data.  It does not populate cache for the overlays"
-		print "              listed in PORTDIR_OVERLAY.  In order to generate cache for"
-		print "              overlays, use " + bold("--regen") + "."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--prune")+" ("+green("-P")+" short option)"
-		print "              "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--metadata"))
+		print("              Transfers metadata cache from ${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ to")
+		print("              /var/cache/edb/dep/ as is normally done on the tail end of an")
+		print("              rsync update using " + bold("emerge --sync") + ". This process populates the")
+		print("              cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of")
+		print("              package data.  It does not populate cache for the overlays")
+		print("              listed in PORTDIR_OVERLAY.  In order to generate cache for")
+		print("              overlays, use " + bold("--regen") + ".")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--prune")+" ("+green("-P")+" short option)")
+		print("              "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!"))
 		paragraph = "Removes all but the highest installed version of a " + \
 			"package from your system. Use --prune together with " + \
 			"--verbose to show reverse dependencies or with --nodeps " + \
 			"to ignore all dependencies. "
 
 		for line in wrap(paragraph, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--regen")
-		print "              Causes portage to check and update the dependency cache of all"
-		print "              ebuilds in the portage tree. This is not recommended for rsync"
-		print "              users as rsync updates the cache using server-side caches."
-		print "              Rsync users should simply 'emerge --sync' to regenerate."
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--regen"))
+		print("              Causes portage to check and update the dependency cache of all")
+		print("              ebuilds in the portage tree. This is not recommended for rsync")
+		print("              users as rsync updates the cache using server-side caches.")
+		print("              Rsync users should simply 'emerge --sync' to regenerate.")
 		desc = "In order to specify parallel --regen behavior, use "+ \
 			"the ---jobs and --load-average options. If you would like to " + \
 			"generate and distribute cache for use by others, use egencache(1)."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--resume")
-		print "              Resumes the most recent merge list that has been aborted due to an"
-		print "              error. Please note that this operation will only return an error"
-		print "              on failure. If there is nothing for portage to do, then portage"
-		print "              will exit with a message and a success condition. A resume list"
-		print "              will persist until it has been completed in entirety or until"
-		print "              another aborted merge list replaces it. The resume history is"
-		print "              capable of storing two merge lists. After one resume list"
-		print "              completes, it is possible to invoke --resume once again in order"
-		print "              to resume an older list."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--search")+" ("+green("-s")+" short option)"
-		print "              Searches for matches of the supplied string in the current local"
-		print "              portage tree. By default emerge uses a case-insensitive simple "
-		print "              search, but you can enable a regular expression search by "
-		print "              prefixing the search string with %."
-		print "              Prepending the expression with a '@' will cause the category to"
-		print "              be included in the search."
-		print "              A few examples:"
-		print "              "+bold("emerge --search libc")
-		print "                  list all packages that contain libc in their name"
-		print "              "+bold("emerge --search '%^kde'")
-		print "                  list all packages starting with kde"
-		print "              "+bold("emerge --search '%gcc$'")
-		print "                  list all packages ending with gcc"
-		print "              "+bold("emerge --search '%@^dev-java.*jdk'")
-		print "                  list all available Java JDKs"
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--searchdesc")+" ("+green("-S")+" short option)"
-		print "              Matches the search string against the description field as well"
-		print "              the package's name. Take caution as the descriptions are also"
-		print "              matched as regular expressions."
-		print "                emerge -S html"
-		print "                emerge -S applet"
-		print "                emerge -S 'perl.*module'"
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--sync")
-		print "              Tells emerge to update the Portage tree as specified in"
-		print "              The SYNC variable found in /etc/make.conf.  By default, SYNC instructs"
-		print "              emerge to perform an rsync-style update with rsync.gentoo.org."
-		print
-		print "              'emerge-webrsync' exists as a helper app to emerge --sync, providing a"
-		print "              method to receive the entire portage tree as a tarball that can be"
-		print "              extracted and used. First time syncs would benefit greatly from this."
-		print
-		print "              "+turquoise("WARNING:")
-		print "              If using our rsync server, emerge will clean out all files that do not"
-		print "              exist on it, including ones that you may have created. The exceptions"
-		print "              to this are the distfiles, local and packages directories."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--unmerge")+" ("+green("-C")+" short option)"
-		print "              "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!")
-		print "              Removes all matching packages. This does no checking of"
-		print "              dependencies, so it may remove packages necessary for the proper"
-		print "              operation of your system. Its arguments can be atoms or"
-		print "              ebuilds. For a dependency aware version of --unmerge, use"
-		print "              --depclean or --prune."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--update")+" ("+green("-u")+" short option)"
-		print "              Updates packages to the best version available, which may not"
-		print "              always be the highest version number due to masking for testing"
-		print "              and development. Package atoms specified on the command"
-		print "              line are greedy, meaning that unspecific atoms may match multiple"
-		print "              installed versions of slotted packages."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--version")+" ("+green("-V")+" short option)"
-		print "              Displays the currently installed version of portage along with"
-		print "              other information useful for quick reference on a system. See"
-		print "              "+bold("emerge info")+" for more advanced information."
-		print
-		print turquoise("Options:")
-		print "       "+green("--alphabetical")
-		print "              When displaying USE and other flag output, combines the enabled"
-		print "              and disabled flags into a single list and sorts it alphabetically."
-		print "              With this option, output such as USE=\"dar -bar -foo\" will instead"
-		print "              be displayed as USE=\"-bar dar -foo\""
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--ask")+" ("+green("-a")+" short option)"
-		print "              before performing the merge, display what ebuilds and tbz2s will"
-		print "              be installed, in the same format as when using --pretend; then"
-		print "              ask whether to continue with the merge or abort. Using --ask is"
-		print "              more efficient than using --pretend and then executing the same"
-		print "              command without --pretend, as dependencies will only need to be"
-		print "              calculated once. WARNING: If the \"Enter\" key is pressed at the"
-		print "              prompt (with no other input), it is interpreted as acceptance of"
-		print "              the first choice.  Note that the input buffer is not cleared prior"
-		print "              to the prompt, so an accidental press of the \"Enter\" key at any"
-		print "              time prior to the prompt will be interpreted as a choice!"
-		print
-		print "        " + green("--binpkg-respect-use") + \
-			" < " + turquoise("y") + " | " + turquoise("n") + " >"
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--resume"))
+		print("              Resumes the most recent merge list that has been aborted due to an")
+		print("              error. Please note that this operation will only return an error")
+		print("              on failure. If there is nothing for portage to do, then portage")
+		print("              will exit with a message and a success condition. A resume list")
+		print("              will persist until it has been completed in entirety or until")
+		print("              another aborted merge list replaces it. The resume history is")
+		print("              capable of storing two merge lists. After one resume list")
+		print("              completes, it is possible to invoke --resume once again in order")
+		print("              to resume an older list.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--search")+" ("+green("-s")+" short option)")
+		print("              Searches for matches of the supplied string in the current local")
+		print("              portage tree. By default emerge uses a case-insensitive simple ")
+		print("              search, but you can enable a regular expression search by ")
+		print("              prefixing the search string with %.")
+		print("              Prepending the expression with a '@' will cause the category to")
+		print("              be included in the search.")
+		print("              A few examples:")
+		print("              "+bold("emerge --search libc"))
+		print("                  list all packages that contain libc in their name")
+		print("              "+bold("emerge --search '%^kde'"))
+		print("                  list all packages starting with kde")
+		print("              "+bold("emerge --search '%gcc$'"))
+		print("                  list all packages ending with gcc")
+		print("              "+bold("emerge --search '%@^dev-java.*jdk'"))
+		print("                  list all available Java JDKs")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--searchdesc")+" ("+green("-S")+" short option)")
+		print("              Matches the search string against the description field as well")
+		print("              the package's name. Take caution as the descriptions are also")
+		print("              matched as regular expressions.")
+		print("                emerge -S html")
+		print("                emerge -S applet")
+		print("                emerge -S 'perl.*module'")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--sync"))
+		print("              Tells emerge to update the Portage tree as specified in")
+		print("              The SYNC variable found in /etc/make.conf.  By default, SYNC instructs")
+		print("              emerge to perform an rsync-style update with rsync.gentoo.org.")
+		print()
+		print("              'emerge-webrsync' exists as a helper app to emerge --sync, providing a")
+		print("              method to receive the entire portage tree as a tarball that can be")
+		print("              extracted and used. First time syncs would benefit greatly from this.")
+		print()
+		print("              "+turquoise("WARNING:"))
+		print("              If using our rsync server, emerge will clean out all files that do not")
+		print("              exist on it, including ones that you may have created. The exceptions")
+		print("              to this are the distfiles, local and packages directories.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--unmerge")+" ("+green("-C")+" short option)")
+		print("              "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!"))
+		print("              Removes all matching packages. This does no checking of")
+		print("              dependencies, so it may remove packages necessary for the proper")
+		print("              operation of your system. Its arguments can be atoms or")
+		print("              ebuilds. For a dependency aware version of --unmerge, use")
+		print("              --depclean or --prune.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--update")+" ("+green("-u")+" short option)")
+		print("              Updates packages to the best version available, which may not")
+		print("              always be the highest version number due to masking for testing")
+		print("              and development. Package atoms specified on the command")
+		print("              line are greedy, meaning that unspecific atoms may match multiple")
+		print("              installed versions of slotted packages.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--version")+" ("+green("-V")+" short option)")
+		print("              Displays the currently installed version of portage along with")
+		print("              other information useful for quick reference on a system. See")
+		print("              "+bold("emerge info")+" for more advanced information.")
+		print()
+		print(turquoise("Options:"))
+		print("       "+green("--alphabetical"))
+		print("              When displaying USE and other flag output, combines the enabled")
+		print("              and disabled flags into a single list and sorts it alphabetically.")
+		print("              With this option, output such as USE=\"dar -bar -foo\" will instead")
+		print("              be displayed as USE=\"-bar dar -foo\"")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--ask")+" ("+green("-a")+" short option)")
+		print("              before performing the merge, display what ebuilds and tbz2s will")
+		print("              be installed, in the same format as when using --pretend; then")
+		print("              ask whether to continue with the merge or abort. Using --ask is")
+		print("              more efficient than using --pretend and then executing the same")
+		print("              command without --pretend, as dependencies will only need to be")
+		print("              calculated once. WARNING: If the \"Enter\" key is pressed at the")
+		print("              prompt (with no other input), it is interpreted as acceptance of")
+		print("              the first choice.  Note that the input buffer is not cleared prior")
+		print("              to the prompt, so an accidental press of the \"Enter\" key at any")
+		print("              time prior to the prompt will be interpreted as a choice!")
+		print()
+		print("        " + green("--binpkg-respect-use") + \
+			" < " + turquoise("y") + " | " + turquoise("n") + " >")
 		desc = "Tells emerge to ignore binary packages if their use flags" + \
 			" don't match the current configuration. (default: 'n')"
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--buildpkg")+" ("+green("-b")+" short option)"
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--buildpkg")+" ("+green("-b")+" short option)")
 		desc = "Tells emerge to build binary packages for all ebuilds processed in" + \
 			" addition to actually merging the packages. Useful for maintainers" + \
 			" or if you administrate multiple Gentoo Linux systems (build once," + \
@@ -265,29 +265,29 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			" packages is to use quickpkg(1) which creates a tbz2 from the" + \
 			" live filesystem."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--buildpkgonly")+" ("+green("-B")+" short option)"
-		print "              Creates a binary package, but does not merge it to the"
-		print "              system. This has the restriction that unsatisfied dependencies"
-		print "              must not exist for the desired package as they cannot be used if"
-		print "              they do not exist on the system."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--changelog")+" ("+green("-l")+" short option)"
-		print "              When pretending, also display the ChangeLog entries for packages"
-		print "              that will be upgraded."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--color") + " < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >"
-		print "              Enable or disable color output. This option will override NOCOLOR"
-		print "              (see make.conf(5)) and may also be used to force color output when"
-		print "              stdout is not a tty (by default, color is disabled unless stdout"
-		print "              is a tty)."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--columns")
-		print "              Display the pretend output in a tabular form. Versions are"
-		print "              aligned vertically."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--complete-graph") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--buildpkgonly")+" ("+green("-B")+" short option)")
+		print("              Creates a binary package, but does not merge it to the")
+		print("              system. This has the restriction that unsatisfied dependencies")
+		print("              must not exist for the desired package as they cannot be used if")
+		print("              they do not exist on the system.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--changelog")+" ("+green("-l")+" short option)")
+		print("              When pretending, also display the ChangeLog entries for packages")
+		print("              that will be upgraded.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--color") + " < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >")
+		print("              Enable or disable color output. This option will override NOCOLOR")
+		print("              (see make.conf(5)) and may also be used to force color output when")
+		print("              stdout is not a tty (by default, color is disabled unless stdout")
+		print("              is a tty).")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--columns"))
+		print("              Display the pretend output in a tabular form. Versions are")
+		print("              aligned vertically.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--complete-graph") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n"))
 		desc = "This causes emerge to consider the deep dependencies of all" + \
 			" packages from the system and world sets. With this option enabled," + \
 			" emerge will bail out if it determines that the given operation will" + \
@@ -298,59 +298,59 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			" --complete-graph option does not cause any more packages to" + \
 			" be updated than would have otherwise been updated with the option disabled."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--config-root=DIR")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--config-root=DIR"))
 		desc = "Set the PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT environment variable " + \
 			"which is documented in the emerge(1) man page."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--debug")+" ("+green("-d")+" short option)"
-		print "              Tell emerge to run the ebuild command in --debug mode. In this"
-		print "              mode, the bash build environment will run with the -x option,"
-		print "              causing it to output verbose debug information print to stdout."
-		print "              --debug is great for finding bash syntax errors as providing"
-		print "              very verbose information about the dependency and build process."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--deep") + " " + turquoise("[DEPTH]") + \
-			" (" + green("-D") + " short option)"
-		print "              This flag forces emerge to consider the entire dependency tree of"
-		print "              packages, instead of checking only the immediate dependencies of"
-		print "              the packages. As an example, this catches updates in libraries"
-		print "              that are not directly listed in the dependencies of a package."
-		print "              Also see --with-bdeps for behavior with respect to build time"
-		print "              dependencies that are not strictly required."
-		print 
-		print "       "+green("--emptytree")+" ("+green("-e")+" short option)"
-		print "              Virtually tweaks the tree of installed packages to contain"
-		print "              nothing. This is great to use together with --pretend. This makes"
-		print "              it possible for developers to get a complete overview of the"
-		print "              complete dependency tree of a certain package."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--fetchonly")+" ("+green("-f")+" short option)"
-		print "              Instead of doing any package building, just perform fetches for"
-		print "              all packages (main package as well as all dependencies.) When"
-		print "              used in combination with --pretend all the SRC_URIs will be"
-		print "              displayed multiple mirrors per line, one line per file."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--fetch-all-uri")+" ("+green("-F")+" short option)"
-		print "              Same as --fetchonly except that all package files, including those"
-		print "              not required to build the package, will be processed."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--getbinpkg")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-g")+" short option)"
-		print "              Using the server and location defined in PORTAGE_BINHOST, portage"
-		print "              will download the information from each binary file there and it"
-		print "              will use that information to help build the dependency list. This"
-		print "              option implies '-k'. (Use -gK for binary-only merging.)"
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--getbinpkgonly")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-G")+" short option)"
-		print "              This option is identical to -g, as above, except it will not use"
-		print "              ANY information from the local machine. All binaries will be"
-		print "              downloaded from the remote server without consulting packages"
-		print "              existing in the packages directory."
-		print
-		print "       " + green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("[JOBS]") + " ("+green("-j")+" short option)"
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--debug")+" ("+green("-d")+" short option)")
+		print("              Tell emerge to run the ebuild command in --debug mode. In this")
+		print("              mode, the bash build environment will run with the -x option,")
+		print("              causing it to output verbose debug information print to stdout.")
+		print("              --debug is great for finding bash syntax errors as providing")
+		print("              very verbose information about the dependency and build process.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--deep") + " " + turquoise("[DEPTH]") + \
+			" (" + green("-D") + " short option)")
+		print("              This flag forces emerge to consider the entire dependency tree of")
+		print("              packages, instead of checking only the immediate dependencies of")
+		print("              the packages. As an example, this catches updates in libraries")
+		print("              that are not directly listed in the dependencies of a package.")
+		print("              Also see --with-bdeps for behavior with respect to build time")
+		print("              dependencies that are not strictly required.")
+		print() 
+		print("       "+green("--emptytree")+" ("+green("-e")+" short option)")
+		print("              Virtually tweaks the tree of installed packages to contain")
+		print("              nothing. This is great to use together with --pretend. This makes")
+		print("              it possible for developers to get a complete overview of the")
+		print("              complete dependency tree of a certain package.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--fetchonly")+" ("+green("-f")+" short option)")
+		print("              Instead of doing any package building, just perform fetches for")
+		print("              all packages (main package as well as all dependencies.) When")
+		print("              used in combination with --pretend all the SRC_URIs will be")
+		print("              displayed multiple mirrors per line, one line per file.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--fetch-all-uri")+" ("+green("-F")+" short option)")
+		print("              Same as --fetchonly except that all package files, including those")
+		print("              not required to build the package, will be processed.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--getbinpkg")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-g")+" short option)")
+		print("              Using the server and location defined in PORTAGE_BINHOST, portage")
+		print("              will download the information from each binary file there and it")
+		print("              will use that information to help build the dependency list. This")
+		print("              option implies '-k'. (Use -gK for binary-only merging.)")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--getbinpkgonly")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-G")+" short option)")
+		print("              This option is identical to -g, as above, except it will not use")
+		print("              ANY information from the local machine. All binaries will be")
+		print("              downloaded from the remote server without consulting packages")
+		print("              existing in the packages directory.")
+		print()
+		print("       " + green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("[JOBS]") + " ("+green("-j")+" short option)")
 		desc = "Specifies the number of packages " + \
 			"to build simultaneously. If this option is " + \
 			"given without an argument, emerge will not " + \
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"can run simultaneously. Also see " + \
 			"the related --load-average option."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       " + green("--keep-going") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       " + green("--keep-going") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n"))
 		desc = "Continue as much as possible after " + \
 			"an error. When an error occurs, " + \
 			"dependencies are recalculated for " + \
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"automatically dropped. Also see " + \
 			"the related --skipfirst option."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       " + green("--load-average") + " " + turquoise("LOAD")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       " + green("--load-average") + " " + turquoise("LOAD"))
 		desc = "Specifies that no new builds should " + \
 			"be started if there are other builds " + \
 			"running and the load average is at " + \
@@ -384,77 +384,77 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"configured via MAKEOPTS in " + \
 			"make.conf(5)."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--newuse")+" ("+green("-N")+" short option)"
-		print "              Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have "
-		print "              changed since installation."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--noconfmem")
-		print "              Portage keeps track of files that have been placed into"
-		print "              CONFIG_PROTECT directories, and normally it will not merge the"
-		print "              same file more than once, as that would become annoying. This"
-		print "              can lead to problems when the user wants the file in the case"
-		print "              of accidental deletion. With this option, files will always be"
-		print "              merged to the live fs instead of silently dropped."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--nodeps")+" ("+green("-O")+" short option)"
-		print "              Merge specified packages, but don't merge any dependencies."
-		print "              Note that the build may fail if deps aren't satisfied."
-		print 
-		print "       "+green("--noreplace")+" ("+green("-n")+" short option)"
-		print "              Skip the packages specified on the command-line that have"
-		print "              already been installed.  Without this option, any packages,"
-		print "              ebuilds, or deps you specify on the command-line *will* cause"
-		print "              Portage to remerge the package, even if it is already installed."
-		print "              Note that Portage won't remerge dependencies by default."
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--newuse")+" ("+green("-N")+" short option)")
+		print("              Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have ")
+		print("              changed since installation.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--noconfmem"))
+		print("              Portage keeps track of files that have been placed into")
+		print("              CONFIG_PROTECT directories, and normally it will not merge the")
+		print("              same file more than once, as that would become annoying. This")
+		print("              can lead to problems when the user wants the file in the case")
+		print("              of accidental deletion. With this option, files will always be")
+		print("              merged to the live fs instead of silently dropped.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--nodeps")+" ("+green("-O")+" short option)")
+		print("              Merge specified packages, but don't merge any dependencies.")
+		print("              Note that the build may fail if deps aren't satisfied.")
+		print() 
+		print("       "+green("--noreplace")+" ("+green("-n")+" short option)")
+		print("              Skip the packages specified on the command-line that have")
+		print("              already been installed.  Without this option, any packages,")
+		print("              ebuilds, or deps you specify on the command-line *will* cause")
+		print("              Portage to remerge the package, even if it is already installed.")
+		print("              Note that Portage won't remerge dependencies by default.")
 		desc = "Also note that this option takes " + \
 			"precedence over options such as --newuse, preventing a package " + \
 			"from being reinstalled even though the corresponding USE flag settings " + \
 			"may have changed."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print 
-		print "       "+green("--nospinner")
-		print "              Disables the spinner regardless of terminal type."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--oneshot")+" ("+green("-1")+" short option)"
-		print "              Emerge as normal, but don't add packages to the world profile."
-		print "              This package will only be updated if it is depended upon by"
-		print "              another package."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--onlydeps")+" ("+green("-o")+" short option)"
-		print "              Only merge (or pretend to merge) the dependencies of the"
-		print "              specified packages, not the packages themselves."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--pretend")+" ("+green("-p")+" short option)"
-		print "              Instead of actually performing the merge, simply display what"
-		print "              ebuilds and tbz2s *would* have been installed if --pretend"
-		print "              weren't used.  Using --pretend is strongly recommended before"
-		print "              installing an unfamiliar package.  In the printout, N = new,"
-		print "              U = updating, R = replacing, F = fetch  restricted, B = blocked"
-		print "              by an already installed package, D = possible downgrading,"
-		print "              S = slotted install. --verbose causes affecting use flags to be"
-		print "              printed out accompanied by a '+' for enabled and a '-' for"
-		print "              disabled USE flags."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--quiet")+" ("+green("-q")+" short option)"
-		print "              Effects vary, but the general outcome is a reduced or condensed"
-		print "              output from portage's displays."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--reinstall ") + turquoise("changed-use")
-		print "              Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have"
-		print "              changed since installation.  Unlike --newuse, this option does"
-		print "              not trigger reinstallation when flags that the user has not"
-		print "              enabled are added or removed."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--root=DIR")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print() 
+		print("       "+green("--nospinner"))
+		print("              Disables the spinner regardless of terminal type.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--oneshot")+" ("+green("-1")+" short option)")
+		print("              Emerge as normal, but don't add packages to the world profile.")
+		print("              This package will only be updated if it is depended upon by")
+		print("              another package.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--onlydeps")+" ("+green("-o")+" short option)")
+		print("              Only merge (or pretend to merge) the dependencies of the")
+		print("              specified packages, not the packages themselves.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--pretend")+" ("+green("-p")+" short option)")
+		print("              Instead of actually performing the merge, simply display what")
+		print("              ebuilds and tbz2s *would* have been installed if --pretend")
+		print("              weren't used.  Using --pretend is strongly recommended before")
+		print("              installing an unfamiliar package.  In the printout, N = new,")
+		print("              U = updating, R = replacing, F = fetch  restricted, B = blocked")
+		print("              by an already installed package, D = possible downgrading,")
+		print("              S = slotted install. --verbose causes affecting use flags to be")
+		print("              printed out accompanied by a '+' for enabled and a '-' for")
+		print("              disabled USE flags.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--quiet")+" ("+green("-q")+" short option)")
+		print("              Effects vary, but the general outcome is a reduced or condensed")
+		print("              output from portage's displays.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--reinstall ") + turquoise("changed-use"))
+		print("              Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have")
+		print("              changed since installation.  Unlike --newuse, this option does")
+		print("              not trigger reinstallation when flags that the user has not")
+		print("              enabled are added or removed.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--root=DIR"))
 		desc = "Set the ROOT environment variable " + \
 			"which is documented in the emerge(1) man page."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--root-deps[=rdeps]")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--root-deps[=rdeps]"))
 		desc = "If no argument is given then build-time dependencies of packages for " + \
 			"ROOT are installed to " + \
 			"ROOT instead of /. If the rdeps argument is given then discard " + \
@@ -465,18 +465,18 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"DEPEND variable. However, behavior may change for new " + \
 			"EAPIs when related extensions are added in the future."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       " + green("--selective") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       " + green("--selective") + "[=%s]" % turquoise("n"))
 		desc = "This is similar to the --noreplace option, except that it " + \
 			"does not take precedence over options such as --newuse. " + \
 			"Some options, such as --update, imply --selective. " + \
 			"Use --selective=n if you want to forcefully disable " + \
 			"--selective, regardless of options like --update."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--skipfirst")
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--skipfirst"))
 		desc = "This option is only valid when " + \
 			"used with --resume.  It removes the " + \
 			"first package in the resume list. " + \
@@ -487,35 +487,35 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
 			"Also see the related " + \
 			"--keep-going option."
 		for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
-			print desc_indent + line
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--tree")+" ("+green("-t")+" short option)"
-		print "              Shows the dependency tree using indentation for dependencies."
-		print "              The packages are also listed in reverse merge order so that"
-		print "              a package's dependencies follow the package. Only really useful"
-		print "              in combination with --emptytree, --update or --deep."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--usepkg")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-k")+" short option)"
-		print "              Tell emerge to use binary packages (from $PKGDIR) if they are"
-		print "              available, thus possibly avoiding some time-consuming compiles."
-		print "              This option is useful for CD installs; you can export"
-		print "              PKGDIR=/mnt/cdrom/packages and then use this option to have"
-		print "              emerge \"pull\" binary packages from the CD in order to satisfy" 
-		print "              dependencies."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--usepkgonly")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-K")+" short option)"
-		print "              Like --usepkg above, except this only allows the use of binary"
-		print "              packages, and it will abort the emerge if the package is not"
-		print "              available at the time of dependency calculation."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--verbose")+" ("+green("-v")+" short option)"
-		print "              Effects vary, but the general outcome is an increased or expanded"
-		print "              display of content in portage's displays."
-		print
-		print "       "+green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >"
-		print "              In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies that"
-		print "              are not strictly required. This defaults to 'n' for installation"
-		print "              actions and 'y' for the --depclean action. This setting can be"
-		print "              added to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS (see make.conf(5)) and later"
-		print "              overridden via the command line."
-		print
+			print(desc_indent + line)
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--tree")+" ("+green("-t")+" short option)")
+		print("              Shows the dependency tree using indentation for dependencies.")
+		print("              The packages are also listed in reverse merge order so that")
+		print("              a package's dependencies follow the package. Only really useful")
+		print("              in combination with --emptytree, --update or --deep.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--usepkg")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-k")+" short option)")
+		print("              Tell emerge to use binary packages (from $PKGDIR) if they are")
+		print("              available, thus possibly avoiding some time-consuming compiles.")
+		print("              This option is useful for CD installs; you can export")
+		print("              PKGDIR=/mnt/cdrom/packages and then use this option to have")
+		print("              emerge \"pull\" binary packages from the CD in order to satisfy") 
+		print("              dependencies.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--usepkgonly")+ "[=%s]" % turquoise("n") + " ("+green("-K")+" short option)")
+		print("              Like --usepkg above, except this only allows the use of binary")
+		print("              packages, and it will abort the emerge if the package is not")
+		print("              available at the time of dependency calculation.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--verbose")+" ("+green("-v")+" short option)")
+		print("              Effects vary, but the general outcome is an increased or expanded")
+		print("              display of content in portage's displays.")
+		print()
+		print("       "+green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >")
+		print("              In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies that")
+		print("              are not strictly required. This defaults to 'n' for installation")
+		print("              actions and 'y' for the --depclean action. This setting can be")
+		print("              added to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS (see make.conf(5)) and later")
+		print("              overridden via the command line.")
+		print()
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/main.py b/pym/_emerge/main.py
index 0df815a02..70fb3e177 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/main.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/main.py
@@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ def display_preserved_libs(vardbapi, myopts):
 
 	if vardbapi.plib_registry.hasEntries():
 		if "--quiet" in myopts:
-			print
-			print colorize("WARN", "!!!") + " existing preserved libs found"
+			print()
+			print(colorize("WARN", "!!!") + " existing preserved libs found")
 			return
 		else:
-			print
-			print colorize("WARN", "!!!") + " existing preserved libs:"
+			print()
+			print(colorize("WARN", "!!!") + " existing preserved libs:")
 
 		plibdata = vardbapi.plib_registry.getPreservedLibs()
 		linkmap = vardbapi.linkmap
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def display_preserved_libs(vardbapi, myopts):
 			owners = vardbapi._owners.getFileOwnerMap(search_for_owners)
 
 		for cpv in plibdata:
-			print colorize("WARN", ">>>") + " package: %s" % cpv
+			print(colorize("WARN", ">>>") + " package: %s" % cpv)
 			samefile_map = {}
 			for f in plibdata[cpv]:
 				obj_key = linkmap._obj_key(f)
@@ -252,19 +252,19 @@ def display_preserved_libs(vardbapi, myopts):
 			for alt_paths in samefile_map.itervalues():
 				alt_paths = sorted(alt_paths)
 				for p in alt_paths:
-					print colorize("WARN", " * ") + " - %s" % (p,)
+					print(colorize("WARN", " * ") + " - %s" % (p,))
 				f = alt_paths[0]
 				consumers = consumer_map.get(f, [])
 				for c in consumers[:MAX_DISPLAY]:
-					print colorize("WARN", " * ") + "     used by %s (%s)" % \
-						(c, ", ".join(x.mycpv for x in owners.get(c, [])))
+					print(colorize("WARN", " * ") + "     used by %s (%s)" % \
+						(c, ", ".join(x.mycpv for x in owners.get(c, []))))
 				if len(consumers) == MAX_DISPLAY + 1:
-					print colorize("WARN", " * ") + "     used by %s (%s)" % \
+					print(colorize("WARN", " * ") + "     used by %s (%s)" % \
 						(consumers[MAX_DISPLAY], ", ".join(x.mycpv \
-						for x in owners.get(consumers[MAX_DISPLAY], [])))
+						for x in owners.get(consumers[MAX_DISPLAY], []))))
 				elif len(consumers) > MAX_DISPLAY:
-					print colorize("WARN", " * ") + "     used by %d other files" % (len(consumers) - MAX_DISPLAY)
-		print "Use " + colorize("GOOD", "emerge @preserved-rebuild") + " to rebuild packages using these libraries"
+					print(colorize("WARN", " * ") + "     used by %d other files" % (len(consumers) - MAX_DISPLAY))
+		print("Use " + colorize("GOOD", "emerge @preserved-rebuild") + " to rebuild packages using these libraries")
 
 def post_emerge(root_config, myopts, mtimedb, retval):
 	"""
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ def expand_set_arguments(myfiles, myaction, root_config):
 
 	# display errors that occured while loading the SetConfig instance
 	for e in setconfig.errors:
-		print colorize("BAD", "Error during set creation: %s" % e)
+		print(colorize("BAD", "Error during set creation: %s" % e))
 
 	# emerge relies on the existance of sets with names "world" and "system"
 	required_sets = ("world", "system")
@@ -921,13 +921,13 @@ def expand_set_arguments(myfiles, myaction, root_config):
 						"not support unmerge operations\n")
 					retval = 1
 				elif not set_atoms:
-					print "emerge: '%s' is an empty set" % s
+					print("emerge: '%s' is an empty set" % s)
 				elif myaction not in do_not_expand:
 					newargs.extend(set_atoms)
 				else:
 					newargs.append(SETPREFIX+s)
 				for e in sets[s].errors:
-					print e
+					print(e)
 		else:
 			newargs.append(a)
 	return (newargs, retval)
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ def emerge_main():
 	del mytrees, mydb
 
 	if "moo" in myfiles:
-		print """
+		print("""
 
   Larry loves Gentoo (""" + platform.system() + """)
 
@@ -1108,12 +1108,12 @@ def emerge_main():
                 ||----w |
                 ||     ||
 
-"""
+""")
 
 	for x in myfiles:
 		ext = os.path.splitext(x)[1]
 		if (ext == ".ebuild" or ext == ".tbz2") and os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(x)):
-			print colorize("BAD", "\n*** emerging by path is broken and may not always work!!!\n")
+			print(colorize("BAD", "\n*** emerging by path is broken and may not always work!!!\n"))
 			break
 
 	root_config = trees[settings["ROOT"]]["root_config"]
@@ -1131,11 +1131,11 @@ def emerge_main():
 		# Need to handle empty sets specially, otherwise emerge will react 
 		# with the help message for empty argument lists
 		if oldargs and not myfiles:
-			print "emerge: no targets left after set expansion"
+			print("emerge: no targets left after set expansion")
 			return 0
 
 	if ("--tree" in myopts) and ("--columns" in myopts):
-		print "emerge: can't specify both of \"--tree\" and \"--columns\"."
+		print("emerge: can't specify both of \"--tree\" and \"--columns\".")
 		return 1
 
 	if '--emptytree' in myopts and '--noreplace' in myopts:
@@ -1207,17 +1207,17 @@ def emerge_main():
 			spinner.update = spinner.update_basic
 
 	if myaction == 'version':
-		print getportageversion(settings["PORTDIR"], settings["ROOT"],
+		print(getportageversion(settings["PORTDIR"], settings["ROOT"],
 			settings.profile_path, settings["CHOST"],
-			trees[settings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi)
+			trees[settings["ROOT"]]["vartree"].dbapi))
 		return 0
 	elif myaction == "help":
 		_emerge.help.help(myopts, portage.output.havecolor)
 		return 0
 
 	if "--debug" in myopts:
-		print "myaction", myaction
-		print "myopts", myopts
+		print("myaction", myaction)
+		print("myopts", myopts)
 
 	if not myaction and not myfiles and "--resume" not in myopts:
 		_emerge.help.help(myopts, portage.output.havecolor)
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ def emerge_main():
 				if "--ask" in myopts:
 					myopts["--pretend"] = True
 					del myopts["--ask"]
-					print ("%s access is required... " + \
-						"adding --pretend to options\n") % access_desc
+					print(("%s access is required... " + \
+						"adding --pretend to options\n") % access_desc)
 					if portage.secpass < 1 and not need_superuser:
 						portage_group_warning()
 				else:
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/search.py b/pym/_emerge/search.py
index 9f0811dea..1b43fbb80 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/search.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/search.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class search(object):
 		else:
 			self.searchdesc=0
 			self.matches = {"pkg":[], "set":[]}
-		print "Searching...   ",
+		print("Searching...   ", end=' ')
 
 		regexsearch = False
 		if self.searchkey.startswith('%'):
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class search(object):
 					full_desc = self.portdb.aux_get(
 						full_package, ["DESCRIPTION"])[0]
 				except KeyError:
-					print "emerge: search: aux_get() failed, skipping"
+					print("emerge: search: aux_get() failed, skipping")
 					continue
 				if self.searchre.search(full_desc):
 					self.matches["desc"].append([full_package,masked])
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ class search(object):
 
 	def output(self):
 		"""Outputs the results of the search."""
-		print "\b\b  \n[ Results for search key : "+white(self.searchkey)+" ]"
-		print "[ Applications found : "+white(str(self.mlen))+" ]"
-		print " "
+		print("\b\b  \n[ Results for search key : "+white(self.searchkey)+" ]")
+		print("[ Applications found : "+white(str(self.mlen))+" ]")
+		print(" ")
 		vardb = self.vartree.dbapi
 		for mtype in self.matches:
 			for match,masked in self.matches[mtype]:
@@ -294,12 +294,12 @@ class search(object):
 						desc, homepage, license = self.portdb.aux_get(
 							full_package, ["DESCRIPTION","HOMEPAGE","LICENSE"])
 					except KeyError:
-						print "emerge: search: aux_get() failed, skipping"
+						print("emerge: search: aux_get() failed, skipping")
 						continue
 					if masked:
-						print green("*")+"  "+white(match)+" "+red("[ Masked ]")
+						print(green("*")+"  "+white(match)+" "+red("[ Masked ]"))
 					else:
-						print green("*")+"  "+white(match)
+						print(green("*")+"  "+white(match))
 					myversion = self.getVersion(full_package, search.VERSION_RELEASE)
 
 					mysum = [0,0]
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ class search(object):
 					if self.verbose:
 						msg = []
 						if available:
-							print "     ", darkgreen("Latest version available:"),myversion
-						print "     ", self.getInstallationStatus(mycat+'/'+mypkg)
+							print("     ", darkgreen("Latest version available:"),myversion)
+						print("     ", self.getInstallationStatus(mycat+'/'+mypkg))
 						if myebuild:
-							print "      %s %s" % \
-								(darkgreen("Size of files:"), file_size_str)
+							print("      %s %s" % \
+								(darkgreen("Size of files:"), file_size_str))
 						msg.append("      " + darkgreen("Homepage:") + \
 							"      " + homepage + "\n")
 						msg.append("      " + darkgreen("Description:") \
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/unmerge.py b/pym/_emerge/unmerge.py
index 76b379581..f9ad50606 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/unmerge.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/unmerge.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 	
 		if not unmerge_files:
 			if unmerge_action == "unmerge":
-				print
-				print bold("emerge unmerge") + " can only be used with specific package names"
-				print
+				print()
+				print(bold("emerge unmerge") + " can only be used with specific package names")
+				print()
 				return 0
 			else:
 				global_unmerge = 1
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 		else:
 			#we've got command-line arguments
 			if not unmerge_files:
-				print "\nNo packages to unmerge have been provided.\n"
+				print("\nNo packages to unmerge have been provided.\n")
 				return 0
 			for x in unmerge_files:
 				arg_parts = x.split('/')
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 					#possible cat/pkg or dep; treat as such
 					candidate_catpkgs.append(x)
 				elif unmerge_action in ["prune","clean"]:
-					print "\n!!! Prune and clean do not accept individual" + \
-						" ebuilds as arguments;\n    skipping.\n"
+					print("\n!!! Prune and clean do not accept individual" + \
+						" ebuilds as arguments;\n    skipping.\n")
 					continue
 				else:
 					# it appears that the user is specifying an installed
 					# ebuild and we're in "unmerge" mode, so it's ok.
 					if not os.path.exists(x):
-						print "\n!!! The path '"+x+"' doesn't exist.\n"
+						print("\n!!! The path '"+x+"' doesn't exist.\n")
 						return 0
 	
 					absx   = os.path.abspath(x)
@@ -124,26 +124,26 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 					sp_vdb_len = len(sp_vdb)
 	
 					if not os.path.exists(absx+"/CONTENTS"):
-						print "!!! Not a valid db dir: "+str(absx)
+						print("!!! Not a valid db dir: "+str(absx))
 						return 0
 	
 					if sp_absx_len <= sp_vdb_len:
 						# The Path is shorter... so it can't be inside the vdb.
-						print sp_absx
-						print absx
-						print "\n!!!",x,"cannot be inside "+ \
-							vdb_path+"; aborting.\n"
+						print(sp_absx)
+						print(absx)
+						print("\n!!!",x,"cannot be inside "+ \
+							vdb_path+"; aborting.\n")
 						return 0
 	
 					for idx in range(0,sp_vdb_len):
 						if idx >= sp_absx_len or sp_vdb[idx] != sp_absx[idx]:
-							print sp_absx
-							print absx
-							print "\n!!!", x, "is not inside "+\
-								vdb_path+"; aborting.\n"
+							print(sp_absx)
+							print(absx)
+							print("\n!!!", x, "is not inside "+\
+								vdb_path+"; aborting.\n")
 							return 0
 	
-					print "="+"/".join(sp_absx[sp_vdb_len:])
+					print("="+"/".join(sp_absx[sp_vdb_len:]))
 					candidate_catpkgs.append(
 						"="+"/".join(sp_absx[sp_vdb_len:]))
 	
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 			try:
 				mymatch = vartree.dbapi.match(x)
 			except portage.exception.AmbiguousPackageName as errpkgs:
-				print "\n\n!!! The short ebuild name \"" + \
-					x + "\" is ambiguous.  Please specify"
-				print "!!! one of the following fully-qualified " + \
-					"ebuild names instead:\n"
+				print("\n\n!!! The short ebuild name \"" + \
+					x + "\" is ambiguous.  Please specify")
+				print("!!! one of the following fully-qualified " + \
+					"ebuild names instead:\n")
 				for i in errpkgs[0]:
-					print "    " + green(i)
-				print
+					print("    " + green(i))
+				print()
 				sys.exit(1)
 	
 			if not mymatch and x[0] not in "<>=~":
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 				#print colorize("WARN", "Package %s is going to be unmerged," % cpv)
 				#print colorize("WARN", "but still listed in the following package sets:")
 				#print "    %s\n" % ", ".join(parents)
-				print colorize("WARN", "Not unmerging package %s as it is" % cpv)
-				print colorize("WARN", "still referenced by the following package sets:")
-				print "    %s\n" % ", ".join(parents)
+				print(colorize("WARN", "Not unmerging package %s as it is" % cpv))
+				print(colorize("WARN", "still referenced by the following package sets:"))
+				print("    %s\n" % ", ".join(parents))
 				# adjust pkgmap so the display output is correct
 				pkgmap[cp]["selected"].remove(cpv)
 				all_selected.remove(cpv)
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ def unmerge(root_config, myopts, unmerge_action,
 		if userquery("Would you like to unmerge these packages?")=="No":
 			# enter pretend mode for correct formatting of results
 			myopts["--pretend"] = True
-			print
-			print "Quitting."
-			print
+			print()
+			print("Quitting.")
+			print()
 			return 0
 	#the real unmerging begins, after a short delay....
 	if clean_delay and not autoclean:
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/userquery.py b/pym/_emerge/userquery.py
index 8b5fb4c1c..9a62551df 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/userquery.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/userquery.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def userquery(prompt, responses=None, colours=None):
 	elif colours is None:
 		colours=[bold]
 	colours=(colours*len(responses))[:len(responses)]
-	print bold(prompt),
+	print(bold(prompt), end=' ')
 	try:
 		while True:
 			response=raw_input("["+"/".join([colours[i](responses[i]) for i in range(len(responses))])+"] ")
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ def userquery(prompt, responses=None, colours=None):
 				# An empty response will match the first value in responses.
 				if response.upper()==key[:len(response)].upper():
 					return key
-			print "Sorry, response '%s' not understood." % response,
+			print("Sorry, response '%s' not understood." % response, end=' ')
 	except (EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt):
-		print "Interrupted."
+		print("Interrupted.")
 		sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py
index f2a810531..290da2e09 100644
--- a/pym/portage/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py
@@ -4143,7 +4143,7 @@ def fetch(myuris, mysettings, listonly=0, fetchonly=0, locks_in_subdir=".locks",
 		if ("mirror" in features) and ("lmirror" not in features):
 			# lmirror should allow you to bypass mirror restrictions.
 			# XXX: This is not a good thing, and is temporary at best.
-			print _(">>> \"mirror\" mode desired and \"mirror\" restriction found; skipping fetch.")
+			print(_(">>> \"mirror\" mode desired and \"mirror\" restriction found; skipping fetch."))
 			return 1
 
 	# Generally, downloading the same file repeatedly from
@@ -4905,7 +4905,7 @@ def fetch(myuris, mysettings, listonly=0, fetchonly=0, locks_in_subdir=".locks",
 								# from another mirror...
 								verified_ok,reason = portage.checksum.verify_all(mysettings["DISTDIR"]+"/"+myfile, mydigests[myfile])
 								if not verified_ok:
-									print reason
+									print(reason)
 									writemsg(_("!!! Fetched file: %s VERIFY FAILED!\n") % myfile,
 										noiselevel=-1)
 									writemsg(_("!!! Reason: %s\n") % reason[0],
@@ -7071,7 +7071,7 @@ def doebuild(myebuild, mydo, myroot, mysettings, debug=0, listonly=0,
 					myebuild=mysettings["EBUILD"], mytree=tree, mydbapi=mydbapi,
 					vartree=vartree, prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes)
 		else:
-			print _("!!! Unknown mydo: %s") % mydo
+			print(_("!!! Unknown mydo: %s") % mydo)
 			return 1
 
 		return retval
@@ -7184,8 +7184,8 @@ def movefile(src, dest, newmtime=None, sstat=None, mysettings=None,
 	except SystemExit as e:
 		raise
 	except Exception as e:
-		print _("!!! Stating source file failed... movefile()")
-		print "!!!",e
+		print(_("!!! Stating source file failed... movefile()"))
+		print("!!!",e)
 		return None
 
 	destexists=1
@@ -7233,9 +7233,9 @@ def movefile(src, dest, newmtime=None, sstat=None, mysettings=None,
 		except SystemExit as e:
 			raise
 		except Exception as e:
-			print _("!!! failed to properly create symlink:")
-			print "!!!",dest,"->",target
-			print "!!!",e
+			print(_("!!! failed to properly create symlink:"))
+			print("!!!",dest,"->",target)
+			print("!!!",e)
 			return None
 
 	hardlinked = False
@@ -7287,8 +7287,8 @@ def movefile(src, dest, newmtime=None, sstat=None, mysettings=None,
 		except Exception as e:
 			if e[0]!=errno.EXDEV:
 				# Some random error.
-				print _("!!! Failed to move %(src)s to %(dest)s") % {"src": src, "dest": dest}
-				print "!!!",e
+				print(_("!!! Failed to move %(src)s to %(dest)s") % {"src": src, "dest": dest})
+				print("!!!",e)
 				return None
 			# Invalid cross-device-link 'bind' mounted or actually Cross-Device
 	if renamefailed:
@@ -7305,8 +7305,8 @@ def movefile(src, dest, newmtime=None, sstat=None, mysettings=None,
 			except SystemExit as e:
 				raise
 			except Exception as e:
-				print _('!!! copy %(src)s -> %(dest)s failed.') % {"src": src, "dest": dest}
-				print "!!!",e
+				print(_('!!! copy %(src)s -> %(dest)s failed.') % {"src": src, "dest": dest})
+				print("!!!",e)
 				return None
 		else:
 			#we don't yet handle special, so we need to fall back to /bin/mv
@@ -7329,9 +7329,9 @@ def movefile(src, dest, newmtime=None, sstat=None, mysettings=None,
 		except SystemExit as e:
 			raise
 		except Exception as e:
-			print _("!!! Failed to chown/chmod/unlink in movefile()")
-			print "!!!",dest
-			print "!!!",e
+			print(_("!!! Failed to chown/chmod/unlink in movefile()"))
+			print("!!!",dest)
+			print("!!!",e)
 			return None
 
 	try:
@@ -8405,7 +8405,7 @@ def pkgmerge(mytbz2, myroot, mysettings, mydbapi=None,
 	if vartree is None:
 		vartree = db[myroot]["vartree"]
 	if mytbz2[-5:]!=".tbz2":
-		print _("!!! Not a .tbz2 file")
+		print(_("!!! Not a .tbz2 file"))
 		return 1
 
 	tbz2_lock = None
@@ -8697,8 +8697,8 @@ def _global_updates(trees, prev_mtimes):
 		# Update progress above is indicated by characters written to stdout so
 		# we print a couple new lines here to separate the progress output from
 		# what follows.
-		print
-		print
+		print()
+		print()
 
 		if do_upgrade_packagesmessage and bindb and \
 			bindb.cpv_all():
diff --git a/pym/portage/cache/sql_template.py b/pym/portage/cache/sql_template.py
index a4580bdc7..ff9d273ed 100644
--- a/pym/portage/cache/sql_template.py
+++ b/pym/portage/cache/sql_template.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class SQLDatabase(template.database):
 		else:
 			query = ''
 
-		print "query = SELECT cpv from package_cache natural join values_cache WHERE label=%s %s" % (self.label, query)
+		print("query = SELECT cpv from package_cache natural join values_cache WHERE label=%s %s" % (self.label, query))
 		try:
 			self.con.execute("SELECT cpv from package_cache natural join values_cache WHERE label=%s %s" % \
 				(self.label, query))
diff --git a/pym/portage/cache/util.py b/pym/portage/cache/util.py
index 7b2f1026a..8eee5971d 100644
--- a/pym/portage/cache/util.py
+++ b/pym/portage/cache/util.py
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ class quiet_mirroring(object):
 	
 class non_quiet_mirroring(quiet_mirroring):
 	call_update_min=1
-	def update(self,key,*arg):	print "processed",key
-	def exception(self, key, *arg):	print "exec",key,arg
-	def missing(self,key):		print "key %s is missing", key
-	def corruption(self,key,*arg):	print "corrupt %s:" % key,arg
-	def eclass_stale(self,key,*arg):print "stale %s:"%key,arg
+	def update(self,key,*arg):	print("processed",key)
+	def exception(self, key, *arg):	print("exec",key,arg)
+	def missing(self,key):		print("key %s is missing", key)
+	def corruption(self,key,*arg):	print("corrupt %s:" % key,arg)
+	def eclass_stale(self,key,*arg):print("stale %s:"%key,arg)
 
diff --git a/pym/portage/cvstree.py b/pym/portage/cvstree.py
index c3f5d3045..de448fdd1 100644
--- a/pym/portage/cvstree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/cvstree.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def getentries(mydir,recursive=0):
 			break
 		mysplit=line.split("/")
 		if len(mysplit)!=6:
-			print "Confused:",mysplit
+			print("Confused:",mysplit)
 			continue
 		if mysplit[0]=="D":
 			entries["dirs"][mysplit[1]]={"dirs":{},"files":{},"status":[]}
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def getentries(mydir,recursive=0):
 		if file=="CVS":
 			continue
 		if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-			print mydir,file
+			print(mydir,file)
 		if os.path.isdir(mydir+"/"+file):
 			if file not in entries["dirs"]:
 				# It's normal for a directory to be unlisted in Entries
@@ -264,49 +264,49 @@ def getentries(mydir,recursive=0):
 				entries["dirs"][file]["status"]=["exists"]
 		elif os.path.isfile(mydir+"/"+file):
 			if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-				print "isfile"
+				print("isfile")
 			if file not in entries["files"]:
 				entries["files"][file]={"revision":"","date":"","flags":"","tags":""}
 			if "status" in entries["files"][file]:
 				if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-					print "has status"
+					print("has status")
 				if "exists" not in entries["files"][file]["status"]:
 					if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-						print "no exists in status"
+						print("no exists in status")
 					entries["files"][file]["status"]+=["exists"]
 			else:
 				if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-					print "no status"
+					print("no status")
 				entries["files"][file]["status"]=["exists"]
 			try:
 				if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-					print "stat'ing"
+					print("stat'ing")
 				mystat=os.stat(mydir+"/"+file)
 				mytime = time.asctime(time.gmtime(long(mystat.st_mtime)))
 				if "status" not in entries["files"][file]:
 					if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-						print "status not set"
+						print("status not set")
 					entries["files"][file]["status"]=[]
 				if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-					print "date:",entries["files"][file]["date"]
-					print "sdate:",mytime
+					print("date:",entries["files"][file]["date"])
+					print("sdate:",mytime)
 				if mytime==entries["files"][file]["date"]:
 					entries["files"][file]["status"]+=["current"]
 				if file=="digest-framerd-2.4.3":
-					print "stat done"
+					print("stat done")
 				
 				del mystat
 			except SystemExit as e:
 				raise
 			except Exception as e:
-				print "failed to stat",file
-				print e
+				print("failed to stat",file)
+				print(e)
 				return
 				
 		else:
-			print
-			print "File of unknown type:",mydir+"/"+file
-			print
+			print()
+			print("File of unknown type:",mydir+"/"+file)
+			print()
 	return entries
 
 #class cvstree:
diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
index 3c96a375a..5dbd1ad70 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ class binarytree(object):
 	def gettbz2(self, pkgname):
 		"""Fetches the package from a remote site, if necessary.  Attempts to
 		resume if the file appears to be partially downloaded."""
-		print "Fetching '"+str(pkgname)+"'"
+		print("Fetching '"+str(pkgname)+"'")
 		tbz2_path = self.getname(pkgname)
 		tbz2name = os.path.basename(tbz2_path)
 		resume = False
diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/porttree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/porttree.py
index 7d37f365f..4ed907d7b 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/porttree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/porttree.py
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ class portdbapi(dbapi):
 		checksums = mf.getDigests()
 		if not checksums:
 			if debug: 
-				print "[empty/missing/bad digest]: "+mypkg
+				print("[empty/missing/bad digest]: "+mypkg)
 			return None
 		filesdict={}
 		myfiles = self.getFetchMap(mypkg, useflags=useflags)
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ class portdbapi(dbapi):
 			else:
 				myval = list(self._iter_match(mydep, self.cp_list(mykey)))
 		else:
-			print "ERROR: xmatch doesn't handle", level, "query!"
+			print("ERROR: xmatch doesn't handle", level, "query!")
 			raise KeyError
 
 		if self.frozen and (level not in ["match-list", "bestmatch-list"]):
diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
index 45686ee00..88c18142d 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
@@ -514,19 +514,19 @@ class LinkageMap(object):
 							# XXX This is most often due to soname symlinks not in
 							# a library's directory.  We could catalog symlinks in
 							# LinkageMap to avoid checking for this edge case here.
-							print _("Found provider outside of findProviders:"), \
+							print(_("Found provider outside of findProviders:"), \
 									os.path.join(directory, soname), "->", \
-									self._obj_properties[cachedKey][4], libraries
+									self._obj_properties[cachedKey][4], libraries)
 						# A valid library has been found, so there is no need to
 						# continue.
 						break
 					if debug and cachedArch == arch and \
 							cachedKey in self._obj_properties:
-						print _("Broken symlink or missing/bad soname: %(dir_soname)s -> %(cachedKey)s "
+						print(_("Broken symlink or missing/bad soname: %(dir_soname)s -> %(cachedKey)s "
 							"with soname %(cachedSoname)s but expecting %(soname)s") % \
 							{"dir_soname":os.path.join(directory, soname),
 							"cachedKey": self._obj_properties[cachedKey],
-							"cachedSoname": cachedSoname, "soname":soname}
+							"cachedSoname": cachedSoname, "soname":soname})
 				# This conditional checks if there are no libraries to satisfy the
 				# soname (empty set).
 				if not validLibraries:
@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ class LinkageMap(object):
 						rValue.setdefault(lib, set()).add(soname)
 						if debug:
 							if not os.path.isfile(lib):
-								print _("Missing library:"), lib
+								print(_("Missing library:"), lib)
 							else:
-								print _("Possibly missing symlink:"), \
-										os.path.join(os.path.dirname(lib), soname)
+								print(_("Possibly missing symlink:"), \
+										os.path.join(os.path.dirname(lib), soname))
 		return rValue
 
 	def listProviders(self):
diff --git a/pym/portage/dispatch_conf.py b/pym/portage/dispatch_conf.py
index e9b220a39..e18eb34fa 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dispatch_conf.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dispatch_conf.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def read_config(mandatory_opts):
         '/etc/dispatch-conf.conf', None)
     opts, errors = loader.load()
     if not opts:
-        print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Error reading /etc/dispatch-conf.conf; fatal')
+        print(_('dispatch-conf: Error reading /etc/dispatch-conf.conf; fatal'), file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
 	# Handle quote removal here, since KeyValuePairFileLoader doesn't do that.
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ def read_config(mandatory_opts):
             if key == "merge":
                 opts["merge"] = "sdiff --suppress-common-lines --output='%s' '%s' '%s'"
             else:
-                print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Missing option "%s" in /etc/dispatch-conf.conf; fatal') % (key,)
+                print(_('dispatch-conf: Missing option "%s" in /etc/dispatch-conf.conf; fatal') % (key,), file=sys.stderr)
 
     if not os.path.exists(opts['archive-dir']):
         os.mkdir(opts['archive-dir'])
     elif not os.path.isdir(opts['archive-dir']):
-        print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Config archive dir [%s] must exist; fatal') % (opts['archive-dir'],)
+        print(_('dispatch-conf: Config archive dir [%s] must exist; fatal') % (opts['archive-dir'],), file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     return opts
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ def rcs_archive(archive, curconf, newconf, mrgconf):
     try:
         shutil.copy2(curconf, archive)
     except(IOError, os.error) as why:
-        print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(curconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
-              {"curconf": curconf, "archive": archive, "reason": str(why)}
+        print(_('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(curconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
+              {"curconf": curconf, "archive": archive, "reason": str(why)}, file=sys.stderr)
     if os.path.exists(archive + ',v'):
         os.system(RCS_LOCK + ' ' + archive)
     os.system(RCS_PUT + ' ' + archive)
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ def rcs_archive(archive, curconf, newconf, mrgconf):
         try:
             shutil.copy2(newconf, archive)
         except(IOError, os.error) as why:
-            print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(newconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
-                  {"newconf": newconf, "archive": archive, "reason": str(why)}
+            print(_('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(newconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
+                  {"newconf": newconf, "archive": archive, "reason": str(why)}, file=sys.stderr)
 
         if has_branch:
             if mrgconf != '':
@@ -124,16 +124,16 @@ def file_archive(archive, curconf, newconf, mrgconf):
     try:
         shutil.copy2(curconf, archive)
     except(IOError, os.error) as why:
-        print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(curconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
-              {"curconf": curconf, "archive": archive, "reason": str(why)}
+        print(_('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(curconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
+              {"curconf": curconf, "archive": archive, "reason": str(why)}, file=sys.stderr)
 
     if newconf != '':
         # Save off new config file in the archive dir with .dist.new suffix
         try:
             shutil.copy2(newconf, archive + '.dist.new')
         except(IOError, os.error) as why:
-            print >> sys.stderr, _('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(newconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
-                  {"newconf": newconf, "archive": archive + '.dist.new', "reason": str(why)}
+            print(_('dispatch-conf: Error copying %(newconf)s to %(archive)s: %(reason)s; fatal') % \
+                  {"newconf": newconf, "archive": archive + '.dist.new', "reason": str(why)}, file=sys.stderr)
 
         ret = 0
         if mrgconf != '' and os.path.exists(archive + '.dist'):
diff --git a/pym/portage/eclass_cache.py b/pym/portage/eclass_cache.py
index e0b9383c5..30b83ea3d 100644
--- a/pym/portage/eclass_cache.py
+++ b/pym/portage/eclass_cache.py
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ class cache(object):
 	def close_caches(self):
 		import traceback
 		traceback.print_stack()
-		print "%s close_cache is deprecated" % self.__class__
+		print("%s close_cache is deprecated" % self.__class__)
 		self.eclasses.clear()
 
 	def flush_cache(self):
 		import traceback
 		traceback.print_stack()
-		print "%s flush_cache is deprecated" % self.__class__
+		print("%s flush_cache is deprecated" % self.__class__)
 
 		self.update_eclasses()
 
diff --git a/pym/portage/elog/mod_echo.py b/pym/portage/elog/mod_echo.py
index 445b4308b..f699e630c 100644
--- a/pym/portage/elog/mod_echo.py
+++ b/pym/portage/elog/mod_echo.py
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ def finalize(mysettings=None):
 	global _items
 	printer = EOutput()
 	for root, key, logentries in _items:
-		print
+		print()
 		if root == "/":
 			printer.einfo(_("Messages for package %s:") %
 				colorize("INFORM", key))
 		else:
 			printer.einfo(_("Messages for package %(pkg)s merged to %(root)s:") %
 				{"pkg": colorize("INFORM", key), "root": root})
-		print
+		print()
 		for phase in EBUILD_PHASES:
 			if phase not in logentries:
 				continue
diff --git a/pym/portage/localization.py b/pym/portage/localization.py
index f02439ffd..25a15e81f 100644
--- a/pym/portage/localization.py
+++ b/pym/portage/localization.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ def _(mystr):
 
 def localization_example():
 	# Dict references allow translators to rearrange word order.
-	print _("You can use this string for translating.")
-	print _("Strings can be formatted with %(mystr)s like this.") % {"mystr": "VALUES"}
+	print(_("You can use this string for translating."))
+	print(_("Strings can be formatted with %(mystr)s like this.") % {"mystr": "VALUES"})
 
 	a_value = "value.of.a"
 	b_value = 123
 	c_value = [1,2,3,4]
-	print _("A: %(a)s -- B: %(b)s -- C: %(c)s") % {"a":a_value,"b":b_value,"c":c_value}
+	print(_("A: %(a)s -- B: %(b)s -- C: %(c)s") % {"a":a_value,"b":b_value,"c":c_value})
 
diff --git a/pym/portage/mail.py b/pym/portage/mail.py
index a8b384969..c2c7354d4 100644
--- a/pym/portage/mail.py
+++ b/pym/portage/mail.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def send_mail(mysettings, message):
 			try:
 				mymailuser,mymailpasswd = myauthdata.split(":")
 			except ValueError:
-				print _("!!! invalid SMTP AUTH configuration, trying unauthenticated ...")
+				print(_("!!! invalid SMTP AUTH configuration, trying unauthenticated ..."))
 		else:
 			myconndata = mymailuri
 		if ":" in myconndata:
diff --git a/pym/portage/sets/__init__.py b/pym/portage/sets/__init__.py
index 3b8084ab3..6c5f850ad 100644
--- a/pym/portage/sets/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/sets/__init__.py
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	sc = load_default_config(portage.settings, portage.db["/"])
 	l, e = sc.getSets()
 	for x in l:
-		print x+":"
-		print "DESCRIPTION = %s" % l[x].getMetadata("Description")
+		print(x+":")
+		print("DESCRIPTION = %s" % l[x].getMetadata("Description"))
 		for n in sorted(l[x].getAtoms()):
-			print "- "+n
-		print
+			print("- "+n)
+		print()
diff --git a/pym/portage/sets/libs.py b/pym/portage/sets/libs.py
index cbaf57c27..ede122725 100644
--- a/pym/portage/sets/libs.py
+++ b/pym/portage/sets/libs.py
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ class PreservedLibraryConsumerSet(LibraryConsumerSet):
 			for libs in plib_dict.itervalues():
 				for lib in libs:
 					if self.debug:
-						print lib
+						print(lib)
 						for x in sorted(self.dbapi.linkmap.findConsumers(lib)):
-							print "    ", x
-						print "-"*40
+							print("    ", x)
+						print("-"*40)
 					consumers.update(self.dbapi.linkmap.findConsumers(lib))
 			# Don't rebuild packages just because they contain preserved
 			# libs that happen to be consumers of other preserved libs.
diff --git a/pym/portage/versions.py b/pym/portage/versions.py
index bbea9b7c9..e77e22b2a 100644
--- a/pym/portage/versions.py
+++ b/pym/portage/versions.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def ververify(myver, silent=1):
 		return 1
 	else:
 		if not silent:
-			print _("!!! syntax error in version: %s") % myver
+			print(_("!!! syntax error in version: %s") % myver)
 		return 0
 
 vercmp_cache = {}
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ def vercmp(ver1, ver2, silent=1):
 	# checking that the versions are valid
 	if not match1 or not match1.groups():
 		if not silent:
-			print _("!!! syntax error in version: %s") % ver1
+			print(_("!!! syntax error in version: %s") % ver1)
 		return None
 	if not match2 or not match2.groups():
 		if not silent:
-			print _("!!! syntax error in version: %s") % ver2
+			print(_("!!! syntax error in version: %s") % ver2)
 		return None
 
 	# shortcut for cvs ebuilds (new style)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def pkgsplit(mypkg,silent=1):
 	
 	if len(myparts)<2:
 		if not silent:
-			print _("!!! Name error in %s: missing a version or name part.") % mypkg
+			print(_("!!! Name error in %s: missing a version or name part.") % mypkg)
 		pkgcache[mypkg]=None
 		return None
 
diff --git a/pym/portage/xpak.py b/pym/portage/xpak.py
index 54d2eb880..29c28af32 100644
--- a/pym/portage/xpak.py
+++ b/pym/portage/xpak.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def getboth(infile):
 def listindex(myindex):
 	"""Print to the terminal the filenames listed in the indexglob passed in."""
 	for x in getindex_mem(myindex):
-		print x
+		print(x)
 
 def getindex_mem(myindex):
 	"""Returns the filenames listed in the indexglob passed in."""
diff --git a/pym/repoman/utilities.py b/pym/repoman/utilities.py
index 18480294c..a65e57d51 100644
--- a/pym/repoman/utilities.py
+++ b/pym/repoman/utilities.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def get_commit_message_with_stdin():
 	@rtype: string or None
 	@returns: A string on success or None if an error occurs.
 	"""
-	print "Please enter a commit message. Use Ctrl-d to finish or Ctrl-c to abort."
+	print("Please enter a commit message. Use Ctrl-d to finish or Ctrl-c to abort.")
 	commitmessage = []
 	while True:
 		commitmessage.append(sys.stdin.readline())