--- tcp-wrappers-7.6-r4.ebuild.orig	2003-07-30 17:53:12.000000000 -0500
+++ tcp-wrappers-7.6-r4.ebuild	2003-07-30 21:33:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -27,16 +27,26 @@
 	epatch ${PATCHDIR}/${MY_P}-ipv6-1.6.diff
 	epatch ${PATCHDIR}/${MY_P}-stdc.diff
 	epatch ${PATCHDIR}/${MY_P}.diff
-	
+
+	# The source is unpacked with all files permissions set to
+	# 0444. This prevents the Makefile from being written to.
+	chmod ug+w Makefile
 	cp Makefile Makefile.orig
 	sed -e "s:-O2:${CFLAGS} -fPIC:" \
 		-e "s:AUX_OBJ=.*:AUX_OBJ= \\\:" Makefile.orig > Makefile
 
 }
 
+# If the -j option is given to make without an argument, the build
+# of tcp-wrappers will fail with the error "No rule to make target
+# cflags, needed by `tcpd.o`."  The config-check target prevents
+# this from happening.
 src_compile() {
 	make ${MAKEOPTS} \
 		REAL_DAEMON_DIR=/usr/sbin \
+		config-check || die
+	make ${MAKEOPTS} \
+		REAL_DAEMON_DIR=/usr/sbin \
 		linux || die
 }