--- apache-2.eclass.orig	2007-11-29 21:06:05.000000000 +0200
+++ apache-2.eclass	2007-12-15 13:42:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 # This variable needs to be set in the ebuild and contains the name of the
 # gentoo developer who created the patch tarball
 
+# @ECLASS-VARIABLE: APACHE_PATCH_DROP
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# This variable is a space delimited list of patches that will be dropped from
+# $GENTOO_PATCHNAME. never to be used from an ebuild, it is ment to be used by the end user
+
 # @ECLASS-VARIABLE: GENTOO_PATCHSTAMP
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # This variable needs to be set in the ebuild and contains the date the patch
@@ -366,6 +371,12 @@
 		"${GENTOO_PATCHDIR}"/{conf/httpd.conf,init/*,patches/config.layout} \
 		|| die "libdir sed failed"
 
+	for patch in ${APACHE_PATCH_DROP}; do
+		ebegin "Excluding patch ${patch}"
+		rm -f "${GENTOO_PATCHDIR}"/patches/${patch}* 2>/dev/null
+		eend $?
+	done
+
 	epatch "${GENTOO_PATCHDIR}"/patches/*.patch
 
 	# setup the filesystem layout config