diff -ur ask.orig/ask-2.5.3.ebuild ask/ask-2.5.3.ebuild
--- ask.orig/ask-2.5.3.ebuild	2011-11-28 13:24:15.250974809 +0800
+++ ask/ask-2.5.3.ebuild	2011-12-01 07:24:54.107021157 +0800
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/mail-filter/ask/ask-2.5.3.ebuild,v 1.1 2011/11/20 12:44:11 eras Exp $
 
-inherit multilib
+EAPI=4
+IPYTHON_DEPEND="2"
+inherit multilib python
 
 DESCRIPTION="Active Spam Killer: A program to filter spam"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.paganini.net/ask/index.html"
@@ -16,9 +18,13 @@
 RDEPEND="virtual/mta
 		procmail? ( >=mail-filter/procmail-3.22 )"
 
+pkg_setup() {
+	python_set_active_version 2
+	python_pkg_setup
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	dobin askfilter asksetup askversion.py utils/asksenders
-
 	insinto /usr/$(get_libdir)/ask
 	doins askconfig.py asklock.py asklog.py askmail.py askmain.py \
 		 askmessage.py askremote.py
@@ -32,6 +38,7 @@
 	doman docs/*.1
 
 	dodoc ChangeLog docs/ask_doc*
+	python_convert_shebangs -r 2 "${ED}"
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
@@ -39,3 +46,11 @@
 	elog "WARNING: if you upgrade from ask-2.4.1, you must replace ask.py with askfilter"
 	elog "         in your procmail/maildrop recipe!"
 }
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	python_mod_optimize /usr/$(get_libdir)/ask
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	python_mod_cleanup /usr/$(get_libdir)/ask
+}