diff --git a/dev-R/brio/Manifest b/dev-R/brio/Manifest
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+DIST brio_1.1.2.tar.gz 12069 BLAKE2B feaf88f8c96923eb83944be79fe3ad26333bba9bcd84d164f90b12baa47cc1ddb01863fdec37b1d42afc88bf059fb1cff3ba1989ce7842b0aecf0faf2bf06a82 SHA512 358b2908265e738049797802f76f6ae920f18ee9f6050c197962828a7d3940fedcd6e33bb3f7a5e4b1d6744f1e1e9c558f04c1c36c8734d61e6644b91d3b2539
diff --git a/dev-R/brio/brio-1.1.2.ebuild b/dev-R/brio/brio-1.1.2.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='Basic R Input Output'
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE='MIT'
diff --git a/dev-R/brio/metadata.xml b/dev-R/brio/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>
+		Basic R Input Output // Functions to handle basic input output,
+		these functions always read and write UTF-8 (8-bit Unicode
+		Transformation Format) files and provide more explicit control
+		over line endings.
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>