As discussed in bug #81851 The einfo about system-wide default cursors in xcursors-ebuilds suggest changing /usr/share/cursors/${X11_IMPLEM}/default/index.theme it should be in the /usr/local parallel of /usr/share/cursors. x11-themes/blueglass-xcursors x11-themes/golden-xcursors x11-themes/silver-xcursors
The reason I asked you to file a new bug is because it isn't ours -- so assigning it to us is wrong.
Created attachment 52768 [details, diff] blueglass-xcursors-0.4-r1.ebuild.patch Here is the first of three ebuild patches. I've changed the suggestion to edit /usr/local/share/cursors/${X11_IMPLEM}/default/index.theme and tweaked my original wording in the ebuild a little. I had a bug with the pkg_postinst() module seeming to think that the ${X11_IMPLEM} variable was empty which I fixed by repeating the definition of that variable in that module.
Created attachment 52769 [details, diff] silver-xcursors-0.4-r1.ebuild.patch
Created attachment 52770 [details, diff] golden-xcursors-0.8-r1.ebuild.patch
remember that xfree86 has been dropped from portage, so your case statements are unnecessary now
oh, and we won't need to bump versions since users who have already installed the programs do not need to reinstall thanks for the info FIXED