>
> I attached the patch here because I wasn't quite sure of the proper
> procedure for patch submission... anyways, thanks for all your work!
> Hopefully in the future I can contribute to this project.

The appropriate way would be to open a bug in bugzilla, assign it to the 
portage team and attach  the patch there (normally each file separately, 
not packed in a tarball)

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
Gentoo Developer
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