--- gcl-2.6.7.ebuild.org	2008-09-25 23:00:56.000000000 +0200
+++ gcl-2.6.7.ebuild	2008-09-25 23:25:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@
 	>=app-text/texi2html-1.64
 	>=sys-devel/autoconf-2.52"
 
+pkg_setup() {
+        # pkg_setup stolen from axiom ebuild 200805
+        # for 2.6.25 kernels and higher we need to have
+        # /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space set to somthing other
+        # than 2, otherwise gcl fails to compile (see bug #186926).
+        local current_setting=$(/sbin/sysctl kernel.randomize_va_space 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f3)
+        if [[ ${current_setting} == 2 ]]; then
+                echo
+                eerror "Your kernel has brk randomization enabled. This will"
+                eerror "cause gcl to fail to compile *and* run (see bug #186926)."
+                eerror "You can issue:"
+                eerror
+                eerror "   /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.randomize_va_space=1"
+                eerror
+                eerror "as root to turn brk randomization off temporarily."
+                eerror "However, when not using gcl you may want to turn"
+                eerror "brk randomization back on via"
+                eerror
+                eerror "   /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.randomize_va_space=2"
+                eerror
+                eerror "since it results in a less secure kernel."
+                die "Kernel brk randomization detected"
+        fi
+}
+
+
 src_unpack() {
 	unpack ${A}
 	sed -e "s/gcl-doc/${PF}/g" "${S}"/info/makefile > "${T}"/makefile
@@ -31,6 +57,7 @@
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PV}-fix-configure.in-gentoo.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-configure.in-bfd.patch
 
+	cd "${S}"
 	eautoconf || die
 }