diff --git a/sys-cluster/veloc/Manifest b/sys-cluster/veloc/Manifest
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+DIST veloc-1.2.tar.gz 243142 BLAKE2B ef3d37dd2d02734e20f1d540abcd29d2a4b8a78754a5ffa9994f458d5ed32e753c892570f9780eea966b90c0ff2995cf710e21efc9c64c88f1d39c5b1b422521 SHA512 3ed2549a67cea15b55d2da3b9ca4e3bd9c08ad8c62ee79c0f3006f36d3de8501ad9ae39bd9dffe2ca3c3b4ba365a190ec65c9ae149ed4a4c14b45faf27b3dd9f
diff --git a/sys-cluster/veloc/metadata.xml b/sys-cluster/veloc/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
+    <name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="github">ECP-VeloC/VELOC</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+  <longdescription lang="en">VeloC is a multi-level checkpoint/restart runtime that delivers high performance and scalability for complex heterogeneous storage hierarchies without sacrificing ease of use and flexibility.
+
+It is primarily used as a fault-tolerance tool for tightly coupled HPC applications running on supercomputing infrastructure but is essential in many other use cases: suspend-resume, migration, debugging.
+
+VeloC is a collaboration between Argonne National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as part of the Exascale Computing Project.
+  </longdescription>
+  <use>
+    <flag name="alps">Use ALPS (Application Level Placement Scheduler) as resource manager</flag>
+    <flag name="lsf">Use LFS (Load Sharing Facility) as resource manager</flag>
+    <flag name="slurm">Use <pkg>sys-cluster/slurm</pkg> as resource manager</flag>
+  </use>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sys-cluster/veloc/veloc-1.2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/veloc/veloc-1.2.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="7"
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
+inherit cmake-utils distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Very-Low Overhead Checkpointing System"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/VELOC"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/${PN^^}/archive/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="alps doc +lsf python slurm test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+		?? ( alps lsf slurm )
+"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	slurm? ( sys-cluster/slurm )
+
+	app-shells/pdsh
+	>=dev-libs/boost-1.60.0
+	sys-cluster/AXL
+	sys-cluster/er
+	virtual/mpi
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
+	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN^^}-${P}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	#strip CFLAGS
+	sed -i 's/-O2 -g//g' CMakeLists.txt || die
+	sed -i 's/LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/g' src/modules/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	sed -i 's/LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/g' src/lib/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	sed -i 's/LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/g' src/backend/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	#do not auto install README
+#       sed -i '/FILES README.md DESTINATION/d' CMakeLists.txt || die
+	default
+	cmake-utils_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	RESMAN="NONE"
+	use alps	&& RESMAN="ALPS"
+	use lsf		&& RESMAN="LSF"
+	use slurm	&& RESMAN="SLURM"
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="$(get_libdir)"
+		-DX_LIBDIR="$(get_libdir)"
+	)
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	default
+	if use python; then
+		cd "${S}/src/bindings/python"
+		distutils-r1_src_compile
+	fi
+	if use doc; then
+		cd "${S}/docs"
+		emake man
+		emake info
+		emake html
+		emake latexpdf
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake-utils_src_install
+	if use python; then
+		cd "${S}/src/bindings/python"
+		distutils-r1_src_install
+	fi
+
+	#ToDO: install docs
+#	dodoc -r docs/.
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	cd test
+	default
+	if use python; then
+		cd "${S}/src/bindings/python"
+		python_test() {
+			"${EPYTHON}" test.py -v || die
+		}
+		distutils-r1_src_test
+	fi
+}