--- eutils.eclass.old	2006-06-15 11:05:46.000000000 -0400
+++ eutils.eclass.old	2006-06-19 10:59:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -1533,8 +1533,7 @@ 
 		DIRNAME=`dirname ${LIB}`
 
 		dodir ${DIRNAME}
-		cp ${ROOT}${LIB} ${D}${DIRNAME}
-		touch ${D}${LIB}
+		tar cfC - ${ROOT}/${DIRNAME} ${SONAME} | tar xfC - ${D}${DIRNAME}
 	fi
 }