diff --git a/acct-group/uuidd/metadata.xml b/acct-group/uuidd/metadata.xml
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index 0000000000000..65e1fc82d859a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acct-group/uuidd/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-group/uuidd/uuidd-0.ebuild b/acct-group/uuidd/uuidd-0.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..e8cbbbaa38e36
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+++ b/acct-group/uuidd/uuidd-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit acct-group
+
+ACCT_GROUP_ID=540