--- a/mysql++-3.0.5.ebuild	2008-11-14 00:18:25.000000000 -0600
+++ b/mysql++-3.0.5.ebuild	2008-11-14 19:47:02.349768683 -0600
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
 	econf ${myconf} || die "econf failed"
+	sed -i -e '/^LDFLAGS/ s:-L/usr/lib.*$::' "${S}"/Makefile
 
 	emake || die "unable to make"
 }