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+# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..12} )
+inherit distutils-r1 git-r3
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python CPIO library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/desultory/pycpio"
+EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/desultory/${PN}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-python/zenlib-2.1.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"