diff --git a/dev-python/pycpio/Manifest b/dev-python/pycpio/Manifest
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+DIST pycpio-0.5.0.tar.gz 16698 BLAKE2B 5fe178b6bd120d214812ac67a2792ce43c4061f798b000886749890ecd9f75aede596e92b2cc42900cc38798cfa6d9ad11434191ec5db13750b10007c1cf9266 SHA512 8c85576269a52f0c855151b2e4aa746e618faebaee11eee1a4762f679957e2a75b5ad351aa40e281b7253d653b8c2df55e0afff1cb1ab2525143843b3b72d0cb
diff --git a/dev-python/pycpio/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pycpio/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>dev@pyl.onl</email>
+		<name>Zen</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">desultory/PyCPIO</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pycpio/pycpio-0.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pycpio/pycpio-0.5.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..12} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python CPIO library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/desultory/PyCPIO"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/desultory/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+# Specify the subdirectory containing the actual source code
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}/src"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+DEPEND=">=dev-python/zenlib-1.1.1"