--- /usr/sbin/checkrestart	2016-02-22 08:08:34.000000000 -0800
+++ /usr/sbin/checkrestarta	2016-02-22 08:19:16.013507231 -0800
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 def portage_fQuery(programs, packages):
     
     dpkgQuery = ["qfile", "-C"] + programs.keys()
-    dpkgProc = subprocess.Popen(dpkgQuery, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    dpkgProc = subprocess.Popen(dpkgQuery, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, cwd='/')
     for line in dpkgProc.stdout.readlines():
         packagename, program = line[:-1].split(' ')
         program = re.match('\((.*)\)', program).group(1)