diff --git a/acct-user/partimag/metadata.xml b/acct-user/partimag/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>
+		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-user/partimag/partimag-0.ebuild b/acct-user/partimag/partimag-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit acct-user
+
+DESCRIPTION="A user for sys-block/partimag"
+
+ACCT_USER_HOME="/var/lib/partimage"
+ACCT_USER_ID="91"
+ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( "partimag" )
+
+acct-user_add_deps