--- /opt/gentoo/home/../usr/portage/sys-apps/file/file-5.00-r2.ebuild	2009-04-11 20:52:23.000000000 +0100
+++ /opt/gentoo/home/../usr/local/portage/sys-apps/file/file-5.00-r2.ebuild	2009-04-22 18:55:13.272228280 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ src_compile() {
 	# file uses things like strndup() and wcwidth()
 	append-flags -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
+	if [ ${CHOST} == *-irix* ]; then
+		export ac_cv_header_getopt_h=no
+		if has_version dev-libs/libgnugetopt; then
+			append-libs gnugetopt
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	econf --datadir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/misc || die
 	emake || die "emake failed"