--- /usr/portage/dev-libs/boost/boost-1.47.0.ebuild	2011-09-26 05:02:02.000000000 -0600
+++ boost-1.47.0-r1.ebuild	2011-10-07 10:10:59.145253350 -0600
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}/remove-toolset-${PV}.patch"
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/boost-1.47.0-exceptions.patch" || die "patch failed"
 
 	# This enables building the boost.random library with /dev/urandom support
 	if [[ -e /dev/urandom ]] ; then