diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest b/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+AUX elogind-252.9-nodocs.patch 870 BLAKE2B ea5a025554999f96c59ab88e3d7c54a331a82cd44ea268a6b131f81b9527939c1da1e2ba74b6635a02b1a0d4167d605614f49b46b39e4769f65eb4c6acfd706a SHA512 027f1d419f9d473835806b4d5da9b129677f23175ab332431260f63eebfd7d31657c3868442ac33798795f61136da2cf6912b1a61c7737fd458146284f35f5b2
+AUX elogind-255.17-revert-s2idle.patch 2435 BLAKE2B ebc8b127757c41ce3a4d5f0d6cdf77978598bcd15bd3ab2c75fa1607632244cf58a34696cb8106c891d0e05eb6a9fd03e98c5b9a09220f9be3d52f4dbb2dac61 SHA512 4d2a4ef8db28062179cc3e8e0d25c2ea87581a7fe74199781d3b867d87518e49e91d595d22081426b4263e013c9f64a25be8460e567b776ed33a616ffa713495
+AUX elogind-255.22-musl-deux.patch 1471 BLAKE2B 5928b0d3db52b462b18cfb5215bb1daba17de1ffc95500ee5719d1ccc7a84d60138e59d741b26982038d1d8e6ca676d8edcf39239d85354fbdde14daecf2fa17 SHA512 52b8cadfb83f359e8cea7c5237e73a9377f10329238de096d8083da11fb2c8c217da0c2c82b6b9f6292ce29ecafb54e1611a3b8ce02d26f40051bf0327a3e461
+AUX elogind-255.22-musl.patch 3437 BLAKE2B 77c5b8502b67eda5504e3a3b87be98d3075c458a76cdf500739ead37acfe587f400d27bfa3b206aad94054a3d4bb62fc679f1856c2f5f12c7c0bf103606aea7f SHA512 ee44cb6a358a28d544025f23f544241534269e526dfe5d6dc341e55a1ef938193b20e2c0c4b4144fad432b3c67e56ddfe06313c235ce3e6b1f1bea73784dea63
+AUX elogind.conf 217 BLAKE2B ef4325ab66f7cc3c76d44f913c73f99ddf31b3c2248c3cc822e7be37886fdbdd4411974d6d6c139674a51f28f6c0dbca2f5091227e550b4747ed9b22837fa096 SHA512 7e9654deb46330ee17d5f7ba71332edcc86c1ab2ef0a54be8f722c409cdae5eedbbc818cc83350457891af39cde777b0390217fd6befb7d4e868ac41b569aed0
+AUX elogind.init-r1 503 BLAKE2B 7e54688c91f78b46411edff04dd8544dea778864d34ec00a4f0f2c166b4062ebc6b01f201f1b7d1f22f6781c51ac22f924136c83c0b0cdb29d6aadf640a6c0e8 SHA512 97d78afe1c0833f3f632272904bd8338869639facb79cd2fae6a4bf58fc5b2dd960484e1f9945152ff13d075216cf4b48b6b234eb7738fbbf445eee2c20e88f2
+DIST elogind-255.24.tar.gz 2143770 BLAKE2B b205cfa60a1eddac114e23f5dc28bd7dd3fa903ff67e1d4177cbe60f0e10da8f2cde9a92e8d7aea65535961aaf353e0c7a5df2d71196a5ab8154f38928b6739b SHA512 b8a436a7271df895613e6135f3ff9804f580fd7da915f38840e0c65638a6135f9a4671145f41fb186333b69a61ca52495b9e957aadbb383b15421e1e13f53b79
+DIST elogind-257.16.tar.gz 2634151 BLAKE2B d243c53e91fdfc0493e745665c757a3d76308da77ece7171980bb64fe462979f07c0db8f83bc5b80887fc4b2b76c9c7e671c4cd21d58ae02c1790b472b29e9e1 SHA512 dfd61b635124de87bfbb5bac7e6607148e9f7f3eda5961669f9472ca7d050f465fe368ceb63e3aba1e5efe445959e91cf703d6a561966bafc9bc50c245224e68
+EBUILD elogind-255.24.ebuild 5756 BLAKE2B 3194ccbc8ee7a745e37939f7555036b4a7105076c2d891d07706aa62d7822860643993d407c87ebc36ea4a16165b41935a8feb0cc6fb971fe0d2e427c880eae8 SHA512 e5da2765fbf1ac37244359980783d2752d460879033d6213561dd749b171f420ebf4c16b6895be49abf172fb5a9d3d98d0b3cadd8fa86664bcadd6444d43c544
+EBUILD elogind-257.16.ebuild 5554 BLAKE2B ee517b6a82d4a7815b31cf59de823418603334a035b71bdae462a06490bd0181430db435b05e7e321b228987f5e7309a446aaeb508aed903a4a726d9ec815a77 SHA512 243e06b83f0a9a263066228ae433030d2ccd765b85e6b9092070fa7f96bd822064097727937e5632f8b54db00af910ac12b7a32c672b35ee26dfbac5e8258d54
+MISC metadata.xml 416 BLAKE2B 5cce321b2ee1ee2893240ecc14b2e3578068e8ae7b94b4fcc641cef0298f7010492a66f4395d5811c62bf32d1b3b939e46bf8c9a7109f185f8bbb84d9ce9d607 SHA512 6f85a23ab09a92c489890397049fcff546be538b4484b5116cd4e5b0a4982a4cc0c587f47ca18c150bcbc5911ef879292fbd142ca1f381254d6ecea41358de6b
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-257.16.ebuild b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-257.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfb6f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-257.16.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
+	EGIT_BRANCH="v255-stable"
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/elogind/elogind.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+fi
+
+inherit eapi9-ver linux-info meson pam python-any-r1 udev xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="The systemd project's logind, extracted to a standalone package"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/elogind/elogind"
+
+LICENSE="CC0-1.0 LGPL-2.1+ public-domain"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+acl audit cgroup-hybrid debug doc +pam +policykit selinux test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
+	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5
+	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
+	dev-util/gperf
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	$(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
+	$(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
+"
+DEPEND="
+	audit? ( sys-process/audit )
+	sys-apps/util-linux
+	sys-libs/libcap
+	virtual/libudev:=
+	acl? ( sys-apps/acl )
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
+	selinux? ( sys-libs/libselinux )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!sys-apps/systemd
+	sys-fs/eudev
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	sys-apps/dbus
+	policykit? ( sys-auth/polkit )
+"
+
+DOCS=( README.md )
+
+python_check_deps() {
+	python_has_version "dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
+	python_has_version "dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	local CONFIG_CHECK="~CGROUPS ~EPOLL ~INOTIFY_USER ~SIGNALFD ~TIMERFD"
+
+	use kernel_linux && linux-info_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	xdg_environment_reset
+
+	# don't cleanup /dev/shm/ on logout on logout
+	# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=949698
+	sed -e "s/#RemoveIPC=yes/RemoveIPC=no/" \
+		-i src/login/logind.conf.in || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	if use cgroup-hybrid; then
+		cgroupmode="hybrid"
+	else
+		cgroupmode="unified"
+	fi
+
+	python_setup
+
+	EMESON_BUILDTYPE="$(usex debug debug release)"
+
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Ddocdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
+		-Dhtmldir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html"
+		-Dudevrulesdir="${EPREFIX}$(get_udevdir)"/rules.d
+		--libexecdir="lib/elogind"
+		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}"/var
+		-Dbashcompletiondir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
+		-Dman=auto
+		-Dsmack=true
+		-Dcgroup-controller=openrc
+		-Ddefault-hierarchy=${cgroupmode}
+		-Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false
+		-Dacl=$(usex acl enabled disabled)
+		-Daudit=$(usex audit enabled disabled)
+		-Dhtml=$(usex doc auto disabled)
+		-Dpam=$(usex pam enabled disabled)
+		-Dpamlibdir="$(getpam_mod_dir)"
+		-Dselinux=$(usex selinux enabled disabled)
+		-Dtests=$(usex test true false)
+		-Dutmp=$(usex elibc_musl false true)
+		-Dmode=release
+
+		# Ensure consistency between merged-usr and split-usr (bug 945965)
+		-Dhalt-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/halt"
+		-Dkexec-path="${EPREFIX}/usr/sbin/kexec"
+		-Dnologin-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/nologin"
+		-Dpoweroff-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/poweroff"
+		-Dreboot-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/reboot"
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+	keepdir /var/lib/elogind
+
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/LICENSE* || die
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/CODING_STYLE.md || die
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init-r1 ${PN}
+
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf ${PN}
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	udev_reload
+	if ! use pam; then
+		ewarn "${PN} will not be managing user logins/seats without USE=\"pam\"!"
+		ewarn "In other words, it will be useless for most applications."
+		ewarn
+	fi
+	if ! use policykit; then
+		ewarn "loginctl will not be able to perform privileged operations without"
+		ewarn "USE=\"policykit\"! That means e.g. no suspend or hibernate."
+		ewarn
+	fi
+	if [[ "$(rc-config list boot | grep elogind)" != "" ]]; then
+		elog "elogind is currently started from boot runlevel."
+	elif [[ "$(rc-config list default | grep elogind)" != "" ]]; then
+		ewarn "elogind is currently started from default runlevel."
+		ewarn "Please remove elogind from the default runlevel and"
+		ewarn "add it to the boot runlevel by:"
+		ewarn "# rc-update del elogind default"
+		ewarn "# rc-update add elogind boot"
+	else
+		elog "elogind is currently not started from any runlevel."
+		elog "You may add it to the boot runlevel by:"
+		elog "# rc-update add elogind boot"
+		elog
+		elog "Alternatively, you can leave elogind out of any"
+		elog "runlevel. It will then be started automatically"
+		if use pam; then
+			elog "when the first service calls it via dbus, or"
+			elog "the first user logs into the system."
+		else
+			elog "when the first service calls it via dbus."
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if ver_replacing -lt 252.9; then
+		elog "Starting with release 252.9 the sleep configuration is now done"
+		elog "in the /etc/elogind/sleep.conf. Should you use non-default sleep"
+		elog "configuration remember to migrate those to new configuration file."
+	fi
+
+	local file files
+	# find custom hooks excluding known (nvidia-drivers, sys-power/tlp)
+	if [[ -d "${EROOT}"/$(get_libdir)/elogind/system-sleep ]]; then
+		readarray -t files < <(find "${EROOT}"/$(get_libdir)/elogind/system-sleep/ \
+			-type f \( -not -iname ".keep_dir" -a \
+				-not -iname "nvidia" -a \
+				-not -iname "49-tlp-sleep" \) || die)
+	fi
+	if [[ ${#files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+		ewarn "*** Custom hooks in obsolete path detected ***"
+		for file in "${files[@]}"; do
+			ewarn "    ${file}"
+		done
+		ewarn "Move these custom hooks to ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/system-sleep/ instead."
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	udev_reload
+}