--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ files/root-4.02.00-xrootd+TU.patch	2005-03-30 15:42:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--- root-/xrootd/src/xrootd/configure	2004-12-14 12:02:11.000000000 +0000
++++ root/xrootd/src/xrootd/configure	2005-03-29 15:10:28.000000000 +0000
+@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@
+       linux:x86_64:2.6*)  arch=x86_64_linux_26 ; platform=linux; ccflv=gccx8664;;
+       linux:x86_64:*)     arch=x86_64_linux    ; platform=linux; ccflv=gccx8664;;
+       linux:alpha:*)      arch=alpha_linux     ; platform=linux; ccflv=gcc;;
++      linux:sparc*:*)     arch=sparc_linux     ; platform=linux; ccflv=gcc;;
+       linux:arm*:*)       arch=arm_linux       ; platform=linux; ccflv=gcc;;
+       linux:ppc*:*)       arch=ppc_linux       ; platform=linux; ccflv=gcc;;
+       darwin:power*:7.5*) arch=ppc_darwin_70   ; platform=macosx; ccflv=macos;;
+--- root-/xrootd/src/xrootd/config/ARCHS	2004-10-22 06:19:28.000000000 +0000
++++ root/xrootd/src/xrootd/config/ARCHS	2005-03-29 15:11:43.000000000 +0000
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
+ x86_64_linux_26 iccx8664  all    for AMD Opteron 64 Linux kernel 2.6.x Intel icc
+ x86_64_linux    iccx8664  all    for AMD Opteron 64 Linux Intel icc
+ alpha_linux     gcc       no     for Alpha Linux egcs and glibc
++sparc_linux     gcc       all    for Sparc Linux gcc and glibc
+ arm_linux       gcc       no     for ARM Linux egcs and glibc
+ ppc_linux       gcc       no     for PPC Linux egcs and glibc
+ ppc_darwin_70   macos     all    for MacOSX gcc
+--- root-/xrootd/src/xrootd/config/GNUmake.rules.gcc	2004-10-22 06:19:28.000000000 +0000
++++ root/xrootd/src/xrootd/config/GNUmake.rules.gcc	2005-03-30 12:32:08.000000000 +0000
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+              -Wall -Wno-deprecated -D__linux__ $(CFTRACE)
+ TYPECF32   =
+ TYPECF64   = -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+-TYPEOPT    = $(TYPEMISC)
++TYPEOPT    = $(TYPEMISC) $(OPT)
+ TYPEDBG    = $(TYPEMISC) -g
+ TYPELDSO   = -shared
+ TYPESHLIB  = so
+--- root-/unix/src/TUnixSystem.cxx	2004-12-15 22:26:04.000000000 +0000
++++ root/unix/src/TUnixSystem.cxx	2005-03-30 15:41:19.000000000 +0000
+@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
+    fenv_t oldenv;
+    fegetenv(&oldenv);
+    fesetenv(&oldenv);
+- #ifdef __alpha__
++ #if defined(__alpha__ )|| defined(__sparc__)
+ 	 ULong_t oldmask = ~oldenv;
+  #elif __ia64__
+     Int_t oldmask = ~oldenv;
+@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
+ 
+    fenv_t cur;
+    fegetenv(&cur);
+- #if defined __ia64__ || defined __alpha__
++ #if defined(__ia64__ ) || defined(__alpha__) || defined(__sparc__)
+    cur &= ~newm;
+  #else
+    cur.__control_word &= ~newm;
--- root-4.02.00.ebuild-	2005-03-30 14:59:57.000000000 +0000
+++ root-4.02.00.ebuild	2005-03-30 17:15:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 SLOT="0"
 LICENSE="as-is"
-KEYWORDS="x86 -sparc"
-IUSE="afs kerberos ldap mysql opengl postgres python qt"
+KEYWORDS="x86 ~sparc"
+IUSE="afs kerberos ldap mysql opengl postgres python ruby qt"
 
 DEPEND="virtual/x11
 	>=media-libs/freetype-2.0.9
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
 	qt? ( x11-libs/qt )
 	python? ( dev-lang/python )"
 
+src_unpack() {
+	ebegin "Unpack ${P} source"
+	unpack root_v${MY_VER}.source${MY_PATCH}.tar.gz
+	eend 0
+	ebegin "Look-ahead patch for sparc support"
+	cd ${S}/xrootd/src
+	tar xzf xrootd-20041124-0752.src.tgz
+	cd ${S}
+	einfo "Apply sparc patch"
+	epatch ${FILESDIR}/${P}-xrootd+TU.patch
+	cd ${S}/xrootd/src
+	einfo "Repackage so that build later will allow sparc"
+	tar czf xrootd-20041124-0752.src.tgz xrootd
+	eend 0
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 
 	local myconf
@@ -155,6 +171,7 @@
 		$USEPYTHIA6 \
 		`use_enable qt` \
 		`use_enable python` \
+		`use_enable ruby` \
 		--disable-rfio \
 		--disable-rpath \
 		--disable-sapdb \