--- /usr/portage/app-text/aspell/aspell-0.60.5.ebuild	2008-01-26 20:05:50.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/portage/local/modified/app-text/aspell/aspell-0.60.5.ebuild	2009-02-27 17:33:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -57,13 +57,16 @@
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	use gpm && append-ldflags -lgpm
+
+	local mylibs=""
+
+	use gpm && mylibs="${mylibs} -lgpm"
 	filter-flags -fno-rtti
 	filter-flags -fvisibility=hidden #77109
 	filter-flags -maltivec -mabi=altivec
 	use ppc && append-flags -mno-altivec
 
-	econf \
+	LIBS="${mylibs}" econf \
 		$(use_enable nls) \
 		--disable-static \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc/aspell \