--- /usr/portage/sys-fs/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.33.ebuild	2003-09-15 19:46:24.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/portage/sys-fs/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.33.ebuild	2003-09-20 04:40:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 KEYWORDS="x86 amd64 hppa ~ppc"
 SLOT="0"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
-IUSE="nls"
+IUSE="nls static"
 
 #debianutils is for 'readlink'
 DEPEND="${DEPEND}
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	econf \
-		--enable-dynamic-e2fsck \
-		--enable-elf-shlibs \
-		`use_enable nls` \
-		|| die
+	myconf="`use_enable nls`"
+	use static || myconf="${myconf} --enable-dynamic-e2fsck --enable-elf-shlibs"
+        use static && myconf="${myconf} --with-ldopts=-static"
+	econf ${myconf} || die
 
 	# Parallel make sometimes fails
 	MAKEOPTS="-j1" emake || die