* an ebuild that pulls vlc from cvs and installs that.

vlc-cvs.ebuild

+###############################################################################
+# vlc.ebuild: A Gentoo ebuild for vlc
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (C) 2003 VideoLAN
+# $Id: vlc-cvs.ebuild,v 1.1 2003/11/01 14:35:38 hartman Exp $
+#
+# Authors: Derk-Jan Hartman <thedj at users.sf.net>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111, USA.
+###############################################################################
+# Instructions: http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/Linux%20Gentoo
+# Some of the ideas in this ebuild are derived from the official Gentoo ebuild
+# Thanks to the Gentoo Team for supporting us.
+###############################################################################
+
+inherit gcc cvs eutils flag-o-matic libtool
+
+# Missing support for...
+#	tarkin - package not in portage yet - experimental
+#	theora - package not in portage yet - experimental
+#	tremor - package not in portage yet - experimental
+
+IUSE="arts ncurses dvd gtk nls 3dfx svga fbcon esd X alsa ggi
+      oggvorbis gnome xv oss sdl aalib slp truetype v4l xvid lirc 
+	  wxwindows imlib matroska dvb mozilla debug faad xosd altivec"
+
+DESCRIPTION="VLC media player - Video player and streamer"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.videolan.org/vlc"
+
+ECVS_SERVER="anoncvs.videolan.org:/var/cvs/videolan"
+ECVS_USER="anonymous"
+ECVS_MODULE="vlc"
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+KEYWORDS="~x86 ~ppc ~sparc ~alpha ~mips ~hppa ~amd64"
+
+DEPEND="X? ( virtual/x11 )
+	aalib? ( >=media-libs/aalib-1.4_rc4-r2 )
+	alsa? ( >=media-libs/alsa-lib-0.9_rc2 )
+	dvb? ( media-libs/libdvb
+		media-tv/linuxtv-dvb )
+	dvd? ( >=media-libs/libdvdread-0.9.3
+		>=media-libs/libdvdcss-1.2.8
+		>=media-libs/libdvdplay-1.0.1 )
+	esd? ( >=media-sound/esound-0.2.22 )
+	faad? ( >=media-libs/faad2-1.1 )
+	ggi? ( >=media-libs/libggi-2.0_beta3 )
+	gnome? ( >=gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.1.2-r1 )
+	gtk? ( =x11-libs/gtk+-1.2* )
+	imlib? ( >=media-libs/imlib2-1.0.6 )
+	lirc? ( app-misc/lirc )
+	mad? ( media-libs/libmad
+		media-libs/libid3tag )
+	matroska? ( >=media-libs/libmatroska-0.4.4 )
+	mozilla? ( >=net-www/mozilla-1.4 )
+	ncurses? ( sys-libs/ncurses )
+	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
+	oggvorbis? ( >=media-libs/libvorbis-1.0
+		>=media-libs/libogg-1.0 )
+	sdl? ( >=media-libs/libsdl-1.2.5 )
+	slp? ( >=net-libs/openslp-1.0.10 )
+	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.1.4 )
+	wxwindows? ( >=x11-libs/wxGTK-2.4.1 )
+	xosd? ( >=x11-libs/xosd-2.0 )
+	xvid? ( >=media-libs/xvid-0.9.1 )
+	>=media-sound/lame-3.93.1
+	>=media-libs/libdvbpsi-0.1.3
+	>=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.8
+	>media-libs/libmpeg2-0.3.1
+	>=media-libs/a52dec-0.7.4
+	>=media-libs/flac-1.1.0"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/vlc
+RESTRICT="nostrip"
+
+src_compile(){
+	./bootstrap
+	
+	local myconf
+	myconf="--disable-glide --disable-mga --enable-flac --with-gnu-ld"
+
+    #--enable-pth				GNU Pth support (default disabled)
+	#--enable-st				State Threads (default disabled)
+	#--enable-gprof				gprof profiling (default disabled)
+	#--enable-cprof				cprof profiling (default disabled)
+	#--enable-mostly-builtin	most modules will be built-in (default enabled)
+	#--disable-optimizations	disable compiler optimizations (default disabled)
+	#--enable-testsuite			build test modules (default disabled)
+	#--disable-plugins			make all plugins built-in (default disabled)
+
+	use nls || myconf="${myconf} --disable-nls"
+	
+	use debug && myconf="${myconf} --enable-debug" \
+		|| myconf="${myconf} --enable-release"
+	
+	use dvd \
+		&& myconf="${myconf} --enable-dvdread" \
+		|| myconf="${myconf} \
+			--disable-dvd \
+			--disable-dvdread \
+			--disable-dvdplay \
+			--disable-vcd"
+
+	use v4l && myconf="${myconf} --enable-v4l"
+
+	use dvb && myconf="${myconf} --enable-satellite --enable-pvr --enable-dvb"
+
+	use oggvorbis || myconf="${myconf} --disable-vorbis --disable-ogg"
+
+	use matroska || myconf="${myconf} --disable-mkv"
+
+	use mad || myconf="${myconf} --disable-mad"
+
+	use faad && myconf="${myconf} --enable-faad"
+
+	use xvid && myconf="${myconf} --enable-xvid"
+
+	use X || myconf="${myconf} --disable-x11"
+
+	use xv || myconf="${myconf} --disable-xvideo"
+
+	use sdl || myconf="${myconf} --disable-sdl"
+
+	use truetype || myconf="${myconf} --disable-freetype"
+
+	use fbcon || myconf="${myconf} --disable-fb"
+
+	use svga && myconf="${myconf} --enable-svgalib"
+
+	use ggi && myconf="${myconf} --enable-ggi"
+
+	use aalib && myconf="${myconf} --enable-aa"
+
+	use oss || myconf="${myconf} --disable-oss"
+
+	use esd && myconf="${myconf} --enable-esd"
+
+	use arts && myconf="${myconf} --enable-arts"
+
+	use alsa && myconf="${myconf} --enable-alsa"
+
+	(use imlib && use wxwindows) && myconf="${myconf} --enable-skins"
+
+	use gtk || myconf="${myconf} --disable-gtk"
+
+	use gnome && myconf="${myconf} --enable-gnome"
+
+	use ncurses && myconf="${myconf} --enable-ncurses"
+
+	use xosd && myconf="${myconf} --enable-xosd"
+
+	use slp || myconf="${myconf} --disable-slp"
+
+	use lirc && myconf="${myconf} --enable-lirc"
+
+	use joystick && myconf="${myconf} --enable-joystick"
+
+	use mozilla && \
+		myconf="${myconf} --enable-mozilla \
+	    MOZILLA_CONFIG=/usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-config \
+	    XPIDL=/usr/bin/xpidl"
+
+	use altivec || myconf="${myconf} --disable-altivec"
+
+	# vlc uses its own ultraoptimizaed CXXFLAGS
+	# and forcing custom ones generally fails building
+	export CXXFLAGS=""
+	export CFLAGS=""
+	export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1
+	export WANT_AUTOMAKE_1_6=1
+
+	myconf="${myconf} --enable-ffmpeg \
+		--with-ffmpeg-mp3lame \
+		--enable-libmpeg2 \
+		--enable-flac \
+		--disable-kde \
+		--disable-qt"
+
+	econf ${myconf} || die "configure of VLC failed"
+
+	if [ `gcc-major-version` -eq 2 ]; then
+		sed -i s:"-fomit-frame-pointer":: vlc-config
+	fi
+
+	# parallel make doesn't work with our complicated makefile
+	# this is also the reason as why you shouldn't run autoconf
+	# or automake yourself. (or bootstrap for that matter)
+	MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1"
+	emake || die "make of VLC failed"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	
+	einstall || die "make install failed"
+
+	dodoc ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog HACKING INSTALL* \
+	MAINTAINERS NEWS README* THANKS doc/ChangeLog-*
+
+}