diff --git a/package/base/mine/x-feature-eject.patch b/package/base/mine/x-feature-eject.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09f162108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mine/x-feature-eject.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+
+Is is highly useful to have a software possibility to eject CD's for
+soft-eject CD-ROMs, like always in use in Apple hardware ...
+
+  - Rene Rebe <rene@rocklinux.org>
+
+--- mine-0.15/gasgui.c	2003-09-27 15:20:58.000000000 +0200
++++ mine-0.15-cdeject/gasgui.c	2003-12-26 17:38:38.880000000 +0100
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ /*
+  *  GEM MINE - The ROCK Linux Package Manager
+- *  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Clifford Wolf
++ *  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Clifford Wolf and Rene Rebe
+  *
+  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ 
++/* disk eject ... */
++#include <fcntl.h>
++#include <sys/ioctl.h>
++#include <linux/cdrom.h>
++
+ #ifndef ROCKCFG_ID
+ #  define ROCKCFG_ID "1.7-x86-reference"
+ #endif
+@@ -66,6 +71,23 @@
+ 	);
+ }
+ 
++void eject_disk ()
++{
++	int status;
++	int fd = open(sourcedev, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
++
++	if (fd == -1) {
++		printf ("Unable to open %s\n", sourcedev);
++		return;
++	}
++
++	status = ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT);
++	if (status != 0) {
++		printf ("Eject failed\n");
++	}
++	close (fd);
++}
++
+ void remove_package(struct package *p, int just_print_commands)
+ {
+ 	char command[1024];
+@@ -138,14 +160,17 @@
+ 		printf("Can't find: %s/%s/pkgs/%s.gem\n",
+ 			sourcedir, config, p->name);
+ 		printf("Not found on current disk: %s\n\n", p->name);
+-		printf("Please insert Disk #%d and press ENTER.\n\n", p->disk_number);
++		printf("Please insert Disk #%d and press ENTER.\n\n",
++		       p->disk_number);
+ 		while (1) {
+-			printf("Skip or Retry (default=Retry) > ");
++			printf("Skip, Retry or Eject disk (default=Retry) > ");
+ 			fflush(stdout);
+ 			fgets(command, 1024, stdin);
+ 			if ( command[0] == 0 || command[0] == '\n' ||
+ 			     command[0] == 'r' || command[0] == 'R' ) break;
+ 			if ( command[0] == 's' || command[0] == 'S' ) return NULL;
++			if ( command[0] == 'e' || command[0] == 'E' )
++				eject_disk ();
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		snprintf(gemfile, 1024, "%s/%s/pkgs/%s-%s.gem",