When I emerge netleds_applet-0.9.1-r2 it does not install the applet, only the documentation. There are two problems the way the ebuild attempts to pass the installation directory to make (a variable DESTDIR should be used in this instance), and ending the command '|| install' instead of 'install || die'.
Created attachment 1455 [details, diff] This is my fix for the problem. I've tested this and it works on my machine.
thanks for this :)