# update configuration, soft links and run level scripts as follows
cat /etc/conf.d/net
dns_search_lo=”your.domain.name.com”
dns_domain_lo=”your.domain.name.com”
dns_servers_lo=”your.dns.server.ip.1 your.dns.server.ip.2″
essid_ath0=”your.wireless.network.essid”
modules=( “wpa_supplicant” )
wpa_timeout_ath0=60

cat /etc/conf.d/net.ath0
config_ath0=( “your.machine.ip netmask your.netmask brd your.broadcast.ip” )
routes_ath0=( “default via your.wireless.router.ip” )

ls -l /etc/init.d/net*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Nov 21 18:24 /etc/init.d/net.ath0 -> net.lo*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30522 Nov 24 14:50 /etc/init.d/net.lo*

rc-update show
net.ath0 | default
net.lo | boot

cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
## user must belong to ‘wheel’ group
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid=”your.wireless.network.essid”
## change scan_ssid to your network channel
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
priority=5
psk=”your.wireless.network.passphrase”
}

cat /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
ath_hal
ath_pci
wlan

# create overlay directory using the above package name
mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/mail-client/mutt

# from this point onwards the commands are relative to
/usr/local/portage/mail-client/mutt so change to this directory
cd /usr/local/portage/mail-client/mutt

# copy ebuild script & portage files to overlay directory
cp /usr/portage/mail-client/mutt/mutt-1.5.16.ebuild ./
cp -R /usr/portage/mail-client/mutt/files ./

# copy patch to newly copied ‘files’ directory -
patch in this example: /src_dir/patch-1.5.4.vk.pgp_verbose_mime
cp /src_dir/patch-1.5.4.vk.pgp_verbose_mime ./files

# create an ebuild digest – checksums the content of ‘files’
ebuild mutt-1.5.16.ebuild digest

# edit mutt-1.5.16.ebuild & add epatch intruction
nano -w mutt-1.5.16.ebuild

# first ensure that the following is included at top of the file
inherit eutils

# in the src_unpack() {} function add a new epatch instruction
and save changes – in this case
epatch “${FILESDIR}”/patch-1.5.4.vk.pgp_verbose_mime

# delete any previous builds from the cache with
/var/tmp/portage/mail-client/mutt-1.5.16

# finally, run the following commands in sequence
ebuild mutt-1.5.16.ebuild fetch
ebuild mutt-1.5.16.ebuild unpack
ebuild mutt-1.5.16.ebuild compile
ebuild mutt-1.5.16.ebuild install
ebuild mutt-1.5.16.ebuild qmerge

That’s it: the patch should now be applied.

With mutt you can check this with the mutt -v command.

The mutt patch was downloaded from:

http://www.doorstop.net/mutt/patch-1.5.4.vk.pgp_verbose_mime