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-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/samhocevar/rinetd"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/samhocevar/rinetd/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+ GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/rinetd.rc rinetd
-}