diff --git a/sys-apps/nq/Manifest b/sys-apps/nq/Manifest
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+DIST nq-0.4.tar.gz 11976 BLAKE2B 2fa22bd0518e8eea09604db4bfb3c0c11583e8c812bb80697d4697afe30283ff878e367e5e42b0894a1a216ee3ce313f41a8f5d217dcc15a49a8b331d0ba9c3f SHA512 c4587c2074dd6e3d18d56a273b943b2594f6ea73912d774120706dbcb6a64e0b7a99c4da7283cbe0d3d47eb24fa246625e9180a88ee2e0cacc647de8c8606c38
diff --git a/sys-apps/nq/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/nq/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>marco@sirabella.org</email>
+		<name>Marco Sirabella</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">leahneukirchen/nq</remote-id>
+		<bugs-to>https://github.com/leahneukirchen/nq/issues</bugs-to>
+		<changelog>https://git.vuxu.org/nq/plain/NEWS.md</changelog>
+	</upstream>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+		These small utilities allow creating very lightweight job queue systems which require no setup, maintenance, supervision, or any long-running processes.
+	</longdescription>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="shell">Use shell implementation</flag>
+		<flag name="tq">Install tq, a tmux &amp; screen wrapper</flag>
+	</use>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sys-apps/nq/nq-0.4.ebuild b/sys-apps/nq/nq-0.4.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+DESCRIPTION="Unix command line queue utility"
+HOMEPAGE="https://git.vuxu.org/nq/about/"
+SRC_URI="https://git.vuxu.org/${PN}/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="public-domain"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+IUSE="-shell +tq test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+REQUIRED_USE="shell? ( !test )" # shell alternatives currently fail tests
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="
+	shell? ( sys-apps/util-linux sys-apps/coreutils )
+	tq? ( || ( app-misc/tmux app-misc/screen ) )
+"
+BDEPEND="test? ( dev-lang/perl )"
+
+DOCS=( README.md NEWS.md )
+
+src_compile() {
+	if use shell; then
+		cp nq.sh nq
+		cp fq.sh fq
+	fi
+	emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wno-unused-result"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX=/usr ALL="nq fq $(usev tq)" install
+	einstalldocs
+}