diff --git a/dev-R/BH/BH-1.72.0.3.ebuild b/dev-R/BH/BH-1.72.0.3.ebuild
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index 0000000000..9231073a1e
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+++ b/dev-R/BH/BH-1.72.0.3.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="7"
+
+inherit R-packages-guru
+
+DESCRIPTION='Boost C++ Header Files'
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/eddelbuettel/bh
+	https://cran.r-project.org/package=BH
+"
+SRC_URI="http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/BH_1.72.0-3.tar.gz"
+LICENSE='Boost-1.0'
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+DEPEND="
+	~dev-libs/boost-1.72.0
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	#do not bundle boost
+	rm -rf inst/include/boost || die
+	default
+}
diff --git a/dev-R/BH/Manifest b/dev-R/BH/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-R/BH/Manifest
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+DIST BH_1.72.0-3.tar.gz 11850400 BLAKE2B 5ff961e3a7fd192b5f3e279f0f29b42d54a9f0cbbab9d0819f18195443d801523702b0ba26515e2507c9e5adf5e1aeff28b0c077e347afaab660e7cc0b7b3fa8 SHA512 a2f85fec45329372fb6e9626a2d150c2ea6da899bb2f74c4bafde07e4eaae5df05d95903e2697dcb9e02731164efcfd2322940e14cb8f8fded2f8f3926d5abdd
diff --git a/dev-R/BH/metadata.xml b/dev-R/BH/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-R/BH/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>
+</pkgmetadata>