diff -ur repoman.orig/checks.py repoman/checks.py
--- repoman.orig/checks.py	2009-12-13 20:08:46.000000000 +0200
+++ repoman/checks.py	2009-12-19 19:16:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -374,6 +374,12 @@
 	re = re.compile(r'^\s*MAKEOPTS=(\'|")?.*-j\s*1\b')
 	error = errors.EMAKE_PARALLEL_DISABLED_VIA_MAKEOPTS
 
+class NoAsNeeded(LineCheck):
+	"""Check for calls to the no-as-needed function."""
+	repoman_check_name = 'upstream.workaround'
+	re = re.compile(r'.*\$\(no-as-needed\)')
+	error = errors.NO_AS_NEEDED
+
 class DeprecatedBindnowFlags(LineCheck):
 	"""Check for calls to the deprecated bindnow-flags function."""
 	repoman_check_name = 'ebuild.minorsyn'
@@ -468,7 +474,7 @@
 	EbuildUselessCdS, EbuildNestedDie,
 	EbuildPatches, EbuildQuotedA, EapiDefinition,
 	IUseUndefined, InheritAutotools,
-	EMakeParallelDisabled, EMakeParallelDisabledViaMAKEOPTS,
+	EMakeParallelDisabled, EMakeParallelDisabledViaMAKEOPTS, NoAsNeeded,
 	DeprecatedBindnowFlags, SrcUnpackPatches, WantAutoDefaultValue,
 	SrcCompileEconf, Eapi4IncompatibleFuncs, Eapi4GoneVars)))
 
Only in repoman.orig: checks.pyc
Only in repoman.orig: checks.pyo
diff -ur repoman.orig/errors.py repoman/errors.py
--- repoman.orig/errors.py	2009-12-13 20:08:46.000000000 +0200
+++ repoman/errors.py	2009-12-19 19:15:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 EMAKE_PARALLEL_DISABLED_VIA_MAKEOPTS = 'Upstream parallel compilation bug (MAKEOPTS=-j1 on line: %d)'
 DEPRECATED_BINDNOW_FLAGS = 'Deprecated bindnow-flags call on line: %d'
 EAPI_DEFINED_AFTER_INHERIT = 'EAPI defined after inherit on line: %d'
+NO_AS_NEEDED = 'Upstream asneeded linking bug (no-as-needed on line: %d)'
Only in repoman.orig: errors.pyc
Only in repoman.orig: errors.pyo