diff --git a/dev-R/desc/Manifest b/dev-R/desc/Manifest
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+DIST desc_1.3.0.tar.gz 292882 BLAKE2B ffc629ae5850aadc408d68dbb4c9a3ea0899356698fe7f26933e7677137cf1bd30816d45a0bc02c245412617509d5e28d0bf01dea2d88db7d2a98c214a3905ff SHA512 a478a5589732971c6255accbd12ed88ab030f3ee39cdc690f6c537dbaeb3937c1185146c2035435f103c323faf3fa1e593246c90d5d776fd78d29f40352351b4
diff --git a/dev-R/desc/desc-1.3.0.ebuild b/dev-R/desc/desc-1.3.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit R-packages
+
+DESCRIPTION='Manipulate DESCRIPTION Files'
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE='MIT'
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/R-3.1.0
+	dev-R/crayon
+	dev-R/R6
+	dev-R/rprojroot
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
diff --git a/dev-R/desc/metadata.xml b/dev-R/desc/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<longdescription>
+		Manipulate DESCRIPTION Files // Tools to read, write, create, and
+		manipulate DESCRIPTION files. It is intended for packages that
+		create or manipulate other packages.
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>