diff --git a/virtual/perl6/metadata.xml b/virtual/perl6/metadata.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtual/perl6/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<maintainer type="project">
+	<email>perl@gentoo.org</email>
+	<name>perl</name>
+</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/virtual/perl6/perl6-0.ebuild b/virtual/perl6/perl6-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+DESCRIPTION="Convenience virtual for perl6"
+HOMEPAGE=""
+SRC_URI=""
+
+LICENSE=""
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="dev-lang/rakudo"