As far as I can see, only the definition of the usex function must be disabled. Please review the patch included below.
Ulrich --- eutils.eclass 15 Sep 2012 16:16:53 -0000 1.403 +++ eutils.eclass 27 Sep 2012 16:45:14 -0000 @@ -1373,7 +1373,9 @@ # @DESCRIPTION: # If USE flag is set, echo [true output][true suffix] (defaults to "yes"), # otherwise echo [false output][false suffix] (defaults to "no"). +if has "${EAPI:-0}" 0 1 2 3 4; then usex() { use "$1" && echo "${2-yes}$4" || echo "${3-no}$5" ; } #382963 +fi # @FUNCTION: prune_libtool_files # @USAGE: [--all]