diff --git a/media-libs/lib3ds/ChangeLog b/media-libs/lib3ds/ChangeLog
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+# ChangeLog for media-libs/lib3ds
+# Copyright 2002-2008 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-libs/lib3ds/ChangeLog,v 1.11 2008/01/04 19:50:54 nyhm Exp $
+
+*lib3ds-2.0.0_pre20080909 (09 Jan 2009)
+  
+  09 Jan 2009; Nathan Brink <ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net> -file/lib3ds-1.2.0-fix-aliasing.patch, -files/lib3ds-1.2.0-m4-underquoted.patch, -lib3ds-1.2.0-r1.ebuild, -lib3ds-1.2.0.ebuild, -lib3ds-1.3.0.ebuild, +lib3ds-2.0.0_pre20080909.ebuild
+  Added too much logic to construct the SRC_URI and S variable from the version correctly, bumped to RC for 2.0.0.
+	
+*lib3ds-1.3.0 (04 Jan 2008)
+
+  04 Jan 2008; Tristan Heaven <nyhm@gentoo.org> metadata.xml,
+  +lib3ds-1.3.0.ebuild:
+  Version bump
+
+  15 May 2007; Thilo Bangert <bangert@gentoo.org> metadata.xml:
+  add <herd>no-herd</herd>
+
+*lib3ds-1.2.0-r1 (31 Mar 2007)
+
+  31 Mar 2007; Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+  +files/lib3ds-1.2.0-fix-aliasing.patch,
+  +files/lib3ds-1.2.0-m4-underquoted.patch, +lib3ds-1.2.0-r1.ebuild:
+  Fix strict aliasing violation #172421 by Anssi Grohn.
+
+  13 Jul 2006; Aron Griffis <agriffis@gentoo.org> lib3ds-1.2.0.ebuild:
+  Mark 1.2.0 stable on ia64
+
+  01 Apr 2006; Aron Griffis <agriffis@gentoo.org> lib3ds-1.2.0.ebuild:
+  Mark 1.2.0 ~ia64
+
+  19 Feb 2006; <malc@gentoo.org> lib3ds-1.2.0.ebuild:
+  Add -fPIC sed foo for .so - bug #104645
+
+  15 Nov 2005; Ferris McCormick <fmccor@gentoo.org> lib3ds-1.2.0.ebuild:
+  Add ~sparc keyword.  I have used this library on sparc (from a direct
+  download) and have never had any problems with it.  This version builds
+  without problem.
+
+  04 Sep 2004; <blubb@gentoo.org> lib3ds-1.2.0.ebuild:
+  added ~amd64 keyword
+
+*lib3ds-1.2.0 (22 Dec 2002)
+
+  22 Dec 2002; Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> :
+  Initial import.  Ebuild submitted by me.
diff --git a/media-libs/lib3ds/Manifest b/media-libs/lib3ds/Manifest
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+DIST lib3ds-20080909.zip 427233 RMD160 7c25e4de6eff415c8f087492a30d9979df185ac5 SHA1 a232b290dbeb13c6e7f22c22d75fe804fb2c4755 SHA256 5d4df5f86a17a1aba58e9f54fe6a43c825bab15d8439ac9416c3f0c30fd1cca2
+EBUILD lib3ds-2.0.0_pre20080909.ebuild 962 RMD160 1b2fe78c8b643c5cc9ec8093e7ae56d2076f4a10 SHA1 e7c06b830a1ea5077028ff5ab2a96974075161c3 SHA256 7e605bb83cf430e54253d849a1129ef105fc44beefc1a09f5514d3460be55c56
+MISC ChangeLog 1811 RMD160 d71e50e671c1640e27a8d2f33396edd77a6e64d8 SHA1 a72184e59171879bc082d88b5db56873d33d15ee SHA256 9ef0fc3f00016863d67b7a8d1115e6ad5e88ee1617d0fa56a9df88e4bfce7da5
+MISC metadata.xml 158 RMD160 cbd9984bb6b426c8c9cee5022fe0a26261612fea SHA1 be5251fa1dacef5c41b74761bb1c8c54fb633b9e SHA256 1423a4fdd4a79b1728a2056d9e300f7e1074253095d82726218d9e9b953888a3
diff --git a/media-libs/lib3ds/lib3ds-2.0.0_pre20080909.ebuild b/media-libs/lib3ds/lib3ds-2.0.0_pre20080909.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-libs/lib3ds/lib3ds-1.3.0.ebuild,v 1.1 2008/01/04 19:50:54 nyhm Exp $
+
+inherit versionator
+
+DESCRIPTION="library for managing 3D-Studio Release 3 and 4 .3DS files"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.lib3ds.org/"
+MY_PV="${PV}"
+if [[ "$(get_version_component_range 1-3)" != "${PV}" ]]; then
+	#then we have of the form *.*.*_prexxxxxxxx and have to download ${PN}-xxxxxxxx
+	MY_PV="$(get_version_component_range 4- )"
+	#remove the pre prefix
+	MY_PV="${MY_PV/pre/}"
+fi
+MY_P="${PN}-${MY_PV}"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${MY_P}.zip"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="virtual/glut
+	virtual/opengl"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	app-arch/unzip"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "emake install failed"
+	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog README NEWS
+}
diff --git a/media-libs/lib3ds/metadata.xml b/media-libs/lib3ds/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<herd>games</herd>
+</pkgmetadata>