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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+inherit distutils-r1 git-r3
+
+DESCRIPTION="A stand-alone install of the LLVM suite testing tool"
+HOMEPAGE="https://llvm.org/"
+SRC_URI=""
+EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.llvm.org/git/llvm.git
+	https://github.com/llvm-mirror/llvm.git"
+EGIT_BRANCH="release_50"
+
+LICENSE="UoI-NCSA"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS=""
+IUSE="test"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${P}/utils/lit
+
+# Tests require 'FileCheck' and 'not' utilities (from llvm)
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		sys-devel/llvm )"
+
+# TODO: move the manpage generation here (from sys-devel/llvm)
+
+python_test() {
+	./lit.py -sv tests || die
+}