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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="7"
+
+inherit multilib-minimal
+
+DESCRIPTION="A meta package for PulseAudio (networked sound server)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/"
+SRC_URI=""
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+LICENSE="metapackage"
+
+SLOT="0"
+
+# NOTE: bluetooth and ofono-headset are passed through to
+# pulseaudio-daemon dependency to make sure users who have bluetooth enabled
+# just for pulseaudio package will also get these enabled via metapackage.
+IUSE="bluetooth daemon +glib jack ofono-headset"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=media-libs/libpulse-${PV}[glib?,${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	daemon? ( >=media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon-${PV}[bluetooth?,glib?,jack?,ofono-headset?] )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}"