diff -ruN /usr/portage/media-gfx/blender/Manifest /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/blender/Manifest
--- /usr/portage/media-gfx/blender/Manifest	2006-07-20 05:36:18.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/blender/Manifest	2006-07-22 06:39:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
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+AUX openal-version.patch 834 RMD160 2ded54db571f2459ac14b5556917f227a860e96c SHA1 5a1d53667eecc1144a0ab10b71547b763466ac73 SHA256 2a5ae5f0d99f0fadb46226d7814412f66029bc8a8cb73cd3b754005cc18c029d
+MD5 4066536f8ae3c66aba2b58c42ce60a30 files/openal-version.patch 834
+RMD160 2ded54db571f2459ac14b5556917f227a860e96c files/openal-version.patch 834
+SHA256 2a5ae5f0d99f0fadb46226d7814412f66029bc8a8cb73cd3b754005cc18c029d files/openal-version.patch 834
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@@ -21,14 +25,18 @@
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-SHA256 e0a34a60add4314dbe93e4b4822de5341a38bfd0f972f3f2b58500c0acff16e7 blender-2.42.ebuild 3136
+EBUILD blender-2.42.ebuild 3183 RMD160 ab663e724b1dd69982e0263d0b36f33fea286d3d SHA1 324cd62ca3a81be82609889f16af6543c3c01708 SHA256 4bced9d16c68ec68324b1eba9b1f6d2192fb0b42cad7645ed07fd8f85287a4f6
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+RMD160 ab663e724b1dd69982e0263d0b36f33fea286d3d blender-2.42.ebuild 3183
+SHA256 4bced9d16c68ec68324b1eba9b1f6d2192fb0b42cad7645ed07fd8f85287a4f6 blender-2.42.ebuild 3183
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+MISC .blender-2.42.ebuild.swp 4096 RMD160 831db851e63bf0a981784d37692f776e1ee9b6ed SHA1 056b5593db92b54bb641e48a6e605e2719b53458 SHA256 47adbfa4c512e538db78ada8883f5260a9d9e1186d7135e77220ff5f074373d0
+MD5 84be112a04104ba59b2dd13a41877f5c .blender-2.42.ebuild.swp 4096
+RMD160 831db851e63bf0a981784d37692f776e1ee9b6ed .blender-2.42.ebuild.swp 4096
+SHA256 47adbfa4c512e538db78ada8883f5260a9d9e1186d7135e77220ff5f074373d0 .blender-2.42.ebuild.swp 4096
 MISC ChangeLog 12887 RMD160 0be2ec33d9df3c6e88cdd3383f425e77f8e15f2a SHA1 8fcbd56a5824f086676363994f7ab006b38a9909 SHA256 02a2063eadd85523e6b09c5cd24165956d5d5eb4ae33f7dd1be99d6f3df6b77f
 MD5 5e66bbc9ee768e97ad9272ebbc946b0f ChangeLog 12887
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diff -ruN /usr/portage/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.42.ebuild /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.42.ebuild
--- /usr/portage/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.42.ebuild	2006-07-20 05:36:18.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/blender/blender-2.42.ebuild	2006-07-22 06:37:19.000000000 -0700
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 	nls? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.0
 			virtual/libintl )
 	iconv? ( virtual/libiconv )
-	openal? ( ~media-libs/openal-0.0.8
-			   media-libs/freealut )
+	openal? ||( media-libs/openal 
+                media-libs/freealut )
 	sdl? ( >=media-libs/libsdl-1.2 )
 	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg )
 	>=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 	cp -pPR ${S}/source/blender/blenpluginapi include
 	cd ${S}
 	epatch ${FILESDIR}/blender-2.37-dirs.patch
+	epatch ${FILESDIR}/openal-version.patch
 #	mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/build/linux2/{extern,intern,source}
 }
 
diff -ruN /usr/portage/media-gfx/blender/files/openal-version.patch /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/blender/files/openal-version.patch
--- /usr/portage/media-gfx/blender/files/openal-version.patch	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/blender/files/openal-version.patch	2006-07-21 08:14:34.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u blender.orig/source/blender/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp blender/source/blender/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp 
+--- blender.orig/source/blender/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp	2006-07-21 08:01:53.000000000 -0700
++++ blender/source/blender/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp	2006-07-21 08:02:35.000000000 -0700
+@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
+ #ifdef AL_VERSION_1_1					
+ 					alutLoadWAVMemory((ALbyte*)memlocation, &sampleformat, &data, &numberofsamples, &samplerate, &loop);//	openal_2.14+
+ #else
+-					 alutLoadWAVMemory((signed char*)memlocation, &sampleformat, &data, &numberofsamples, &samplerate, &loop);//  openal_2.14+
++					 alutLoadWAVMemory((ALbyte*)memlocation, &sampleformat, &data, &numberofsamples, &samplerate, &loop);//  openal_2.14+
+ 					 
+ #endif 
+ #endif