diff --git a/dev-libs/libfmt/Manifest b/dev-libs/libfmt/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-libs/libfmt/Manifest
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+DIST libfmt-3.0.1.tar.gz 606603 SHA256 dce62ab75a161dd4353a98364feb166d35e7eea382169d59d9ce842c49c55bad SHA512 daf5dfb2fe63eb611983fa248bd2182c6202cf1c4f0fc236f357040fce8e87ad531cdf59090306bb313ea333d546e516f467b385e05094e696d0ca091310aad6 WHIRLPOOL 775f9dc9228fbd429e4dbad90d536b69542fb583e44dba9eda950267bae82938b2703726481ff02fbab0cb9efe78b46501f4b82e20cfef550313b7653f6cb963
diff --git a/dev-libs/libfmt/libfmt-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfmt/libfmt-3.0.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit cmake-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="Small, safe and fast formatting library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+IUSE="test"
+SLOT="0"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/fmt-${PV}"
+fi
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND=""
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DFMT_TEST=$(usex test)
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+	)
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libfmt/libfmt-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfmt/libfmt-9999.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..aa04d6331efef
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+++ b/dev-libs/libfmt/libfmt-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit cmake-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="Small, safe and fast formatting library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+IUSE="test"
+SLOT="0"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/fmt-${PV}"
+fi
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND=""
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DFMT_TEST=$(usex test)
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+	)
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libfmt/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libfmt/metadata.xml
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+++ b/dev-libs/libfmt/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="person">
+		<email>candrews@integralblue.com</email>
+		<name>Craig Andrews</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<bugs-to>https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues</bugs-to>
+		<remote-id type="github">fmtlib/fmt</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>