Well done for making the patch, and there's nothing at all wrong in asking IMO. Not sure if we needed the whole story ;) but that's minor.
Besides what Alec Warner said, you should also try adding the patch to the ebuild in a local overlay. Please find out elsewhere in gentoo how to do this. (forums, irc etc) There's a _small_ amount of info about patching in my post here http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-529919.html Good luck! -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
