--- sdl-mixer-1.2.12.ebuild.orig	2012-03-04 06:01:17.000000000 +0000
+++ sdl-mixer-1.2.12.ebuild	2012-04-14 23:08:54.189793416 +0100
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 LICENSE="ZLIB"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~x86-freebsd ~amd64-linux ~ia64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE="flac fluidsynth mad midi mikmod modplug mp3 playtools static-libs timidity vorbis +wav"
+IUSE="flac fluidsynth mad midi mikmod modplug mp3 playtools static-libs +timidity vorbis +wav"
 REQUIRED_USE="midi? ( || ( timidity fluidsynth ) )"
 
 DEPEND=">=media-libs/libsdl-1.2.10
@@ -63,3 +63,17 @@
 			|| die "la removal failed"
 	fi
 }
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if use fluidsynth; then
+		ewarn "FluidSynth support requires you to set the SDL_SOUNDFONTS"
+		ewarn "environment variable to the location of a SoundFont file"
+		ewarn "unless the game or application happens to do this for you."
+
+		if use timidity; then
+			ewarn "Failing to do so will result in Timidity being used instead."
+		else
+			ewarn "Failing to do so will result in silence!"
+		fi
+	fi
+}