--- /usr/portage/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.0_pre7-r1.ebuild	2005-12-12 06:05:53.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayer-1.0_pre7-r1.ebuild	2005-12-30 16:08:55.700349704 +0100
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
 
 pkg_setup() {
+	# bug #72976 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72976)
+	if (use v4l || use v4l2) && use !oss; then
+		einfo "Emerging mplayer with Video 4 Linux support (use flags 'v4l' or 'v4l2') requires you to enable 'oss' use flag as well."
+		die
+	fi
 	if use real && use x86; then
 				REALLIBDIR="/opt/RealPlayer/codecs"
 	fi