--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2005/09/27 14:38:01	248
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2005/10/02 12:20:13	249
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Magellan Linux Installer Functions (mage.functions.sh)
-# $Header: /home/cvsd/magellan-cvs/magellan-src/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh,v 1.4 2005-09-27 14:38:01 niro Exp $
+# $Header: /home/cvsd/magellan-cvs/magellan-src/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh,v 1.5 2005-10-02 12:20:13 niro Exp $
 
 mage_setup()
 {
@@ -2520,3 +2520,25 @@
 		unset ipbuild
 	done
 }
+
+export_inherits()
+{
+	local include="$1"
+	shift
+
+	while [ "$1" ]
+	do
+		local functions="$1"
+
+		# sanity checks
+		[ -z "${include}" ] && die "export_inherits(): \$include not given."
+		[ -z "${functions}" ] && die "export_inherits(): \$functions not given."
+
+		eval "${functions}() { ${include}_${functions} ; }"
+
+		# debug
+		[[ ${MAGEDEBUG} = on ]] && typeset -f "${functions}"
+
+		shift
+	done
+}