diff --git a/dev-lua/cqueues/Manifest b/dev-lua/cqueues/Manifest
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-DIST cqueues-20200726_p20241204.tar.gz 511991 BLAKE2B 13aeb72435fbfd84e3af11f7d79547ca72b2863ffff4d24d1e14115225973f175b19440732c1d9f4f57c22ef454b3abfe503e7b18de145b4c04f44e87297365c SHA512 9e510c3da50ce601d7fde8cf4e3f4262aa9ec1e81099e4411cf233a138338f5098de8eddce5600732ff7ad97329a7eb501f7c51b911b0c3dd82cd4f0220e4c99
diff --git a/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726_p20241204.ebuild b/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726_p20241204.ebuild
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--- a/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726_p20241204.ebuild
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-# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..4} luajit )
-
-inherit lua toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Stackable Continuation Queues"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/wahern/cqueues"
-HOMEPAGE+=" http://25thandclement.com/~william/projects/cqueues.html"
-EGIT_COMMIT="8c0142577d3cb1f24917879997678bef0d084815"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/wahern/${PN}/archive/${EGIT_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${EGIT_COMMIT}"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="examples"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="${LUA_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${LUA_DEPS}
-	dev-libs/openssl:0=
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-lua/compat53[${LUA_USEDEP}]
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-
-DOCS=( "doc/." )
-
-lua_src_prepare() {
-	pushd "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
-
-	if [[ ${ELUA} != luajit ]]; then
-		LUA_VERSION="$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
-		# these two tests are forced upstream for luajit only
-		rm "${BUILD_DIR}"/regress/{44-resolvers-gc,51-join-defunct-thread}.lua || die
-	else
-		# Thanks to dev-lua/luaossl for this workaround
-		# This is a workaround for luajit, as it confirms to lua5.1
-		# and the 'GNUmakefile' doesn't understand LuaJITs version.
-		LUA_VERSION="5.1"
-	fi
-
-	if [[ ${LUA_VERSION} != 5.3 ]]; then
-		# this test is forced upstream for lua5-3 only
-		rm "${BUILD_DIR}"/regress/152-thread-integer-passing.lua || die
-	fi
-
-	# install tests for lua_version only
-	sed -e 's:for V in 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4:for V in '${LUA_VERSION}':' \
-		-i "${BUILD_DIR}"/regress/GNUmakefile || die
-
-	popd
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	rm -r vendor || die
-	sed \
-		-e '/HAVE_API_FN =/d' \
-		-e '/ALL_CFLAGS += -g/d' \
-		-e '/ALL_LDFLAGS += -L/d' \
-		-e 's:-O2::' \
-		-i GNUmakefile || die
-
-	# use header from dev-lua/compat53 instead of vendor
-	sed	-e 's:-DCOMPAT53_PREFIX=cqueues::' \
-		-e 's:$$(d)/../vendor/compat53/c-api/compat-5.3.h::' \
-		-e '/)\/compat53/,/)\/compat53/d' \
-		-i src/GNUmakefile || die
-
-	sed -e 's:"../vendor/compat53/c-api\/compat-5.3.h":<compat-5.3.h>:' \
-		-i src/cqueues.h || die
-
-	# tests deleted :
-	# 22, 73, 87 = weak/old ssl
-	# 30,62,153 = network required
-	rm	regress/22-client-dtls.lua \
-		regress/73-starttls-buffering.lua \
-		regress/87-alpn-disappears.lua \
-		regress/30-starttls-completion.lua \
-		regress/62-noname.lua \
-		regress/153-dns-resolvers.lua || die
-
-	lua_copy_sources
-	lua_foreach_impl lua_src_prepare
-}
-
-lua_src_compile() {
-	pushd "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
-
-	if [[ ${ELUA} != luajit ]]; then
-		LUA_VERSION="$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
-	else
-		LUA_VERSION="5.1"
-	fi
-
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) \
-		all${LUA_VERSION}
-
-	popd
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	lua_foreach_impl lua_src_compile
-}
-
-lua_src_test() {
-	pushd "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
-
-	if [[ ${ELUA} != luajit ]]; then
-		LUA_VERSION="$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
-	else
-		LUA_VERSION="5.1"
-	fi
-
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) check
-
-	popd
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	lua_foreach_impl lua_src_test
-}
-
-lua_src_install() {
-	pushd "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
-
-	if [[ ${ELUA} != luajit ]]; then
-		LUA_VERSION="$(ver_cut 1-2 $(lua_get_version))"
-	else
-		LUA_VERSION="5.1"
-	fi
-
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) \
-		"DESTDIR=${D}" \
-		"lua${LUA_VERSION/./}cpath=$(lua_get_cmod_dir)" \
-		"lua${LUA_VERSION/./}path=$(lua_get_lmod_dir)" \
-		"prefix=${EPREFIX}/usr" \
-		install${LUA_VERSION}
-
-	popd
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	lua_foreach_impl lua_src_install
-
-	use examples && dodoc -r "examples/."
-	einstalldocs
-}
diff --git a/dev-lua/cqueues/metadata.xml b/dev-lua/cqueues/metadata.xml
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--- a/dev-lua/cqueues/metadata.xml
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>nicolas.parlant@parhuet.fr</email>
-		<name>Nicolas PARLANT</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="github">wahern/cqueues</remote-id>
-	</upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>