diff --git a/dev-libs/kwsys/Manifest b/dev-libs/kwsys/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-libs/kwsys/Manifest
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+DIST kwsys-c28e27bc4ad8e12d88b05f30eec19b2987c60721.tar.bz2 184328 BLAKE2B 3d0c4286207cbd4d04d2c7850294dfa46ca1cb1474fa71353e05d3c5be982ed0103b9e27f790d8e4d7a001d0e375cf203aad6a8a659175529a45d0cf09edc36e SHA512 c1c162b6de0fd28dcc99804de6c1835e31fe8cd2e5f2ec5b56fd71ed3425e075d4fe7eaef3faa14501a6bed3f584c1076e69b25ec3b648fd3b8a54d4a3262971
diff --git a/dev-libs/kwsys/kwsys-0_pre20220603.ebuild b/dev-libs/kwsys/kwsys-0_pre20220603.ebuild
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+++ b/dev-libs/kwsys/kwsys-0_pre20220603.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+COMMIT="c28e27bc4ad8e12d88b05f30eec19b2987c60721"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Kitware System Library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.kitware.com/utils/kwsys"
+SRC_URI="https://gitlab.kitware.com/utils/${PN}/-/archive/${COMMIT}/${PN}-${COMMIT}.tar.bz2"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${COMMIT}"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0/${PV}"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RDEPEND=""
+DEPEND=""
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_BIN_DIR=bin
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR=include
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_LIB_DIR=$(get_libdir)
+		-DKWSYS_STANDALONE=ON
+
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test)
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/kwsys/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/kwsys/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>