--- gawk-4.0.1.ebuild.orig	2012-08-27 10:26:27.000000000 -0600
+++ gawk-4.0.1.ebuild	2012-08-27 10:28:37.000000000 -0600
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@
 		dodir /bin
 		mv "${ED}"/usr/bin/gawk "${ED}"/bin/ || die
 		dosym /bin/gawk /usr/bin/gawk
-
-		# Provide canonical `awk`
-		dosym gawk /bin/awk
-		dosym gawk /usr/bin/awk
-		dosym gawk.1 /usr/share/man/man1/awk.1
 	fi
 
 	# Install headers
@@ -63,3 +58,19 @@
 		newdoc ${x} ${x##*/}.${x%%/*}
 	done
 }
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	# symlink creation here as the links do not belong to gawk, but to any awk
+	if has_version app-admin/eselect && has_version app-admin/eselect-awk ; then
+		eselect awk update ifunset
+	else
+		local l
+		for l in /bin/awk /usr/bin/awk /usr/share/man/man1/awk.1 ; do
+			[[ ! -e ${EROOT}${l} ]] && ln -s "g${l##*/}" "${EROOT}${l}"
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	has_version app-admin/eselect && has_version app-admin/eselect-awk && eselect awk update ifunset
+}