--- rb_libtorrent-0.14.10.ebuild	2010-04-10 17:29:18.000000000 +0200
+++ rb_libtorrent-0.14.10.ebuild	2010-04-12 10:08:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 # Copyright 1999-2010 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-libs/rb_libtorrent/rb_libtorrent-0.14.10.ebuild,v 1.1 2010/04/10 15:29:18 yngwin Exp $
+# $Header: $
 
 EAPI="2"
 inherit autotools eutils flag-o-matic versionator
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
-IUSE="debug doc examples python test"
+IUSE="debug doc examples python test static-libs"
 RESTRICT="test"
 
 DEPEND="|| ( >=dev-libs/boost-1.35
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ 
 		$(use_enable test tests) \
 		$(use_enable examples) \
 		$(use_enable python python-binding) \
+		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
 		--with-zlib=system \
 		--with-asio=system \
 		${LOGGING} \
@@ -74,4 +75,8 @@ 
 	if use doc ; then
 		dohtml docs/* || die "Could not install HTML documentation"
 	fi
+
+	# remove useless .a/.la files (only for non static compilation)
+	use static-libs || \
+		find "${D}" \( -name '*.a' -or -name '*.la' \) -delete
 }