diff --git a/dev-python/pathlib2/Manifest b/dev-python/pathlib2/Manifest
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+DIST pathlib2-2.3.7-post1.gh.tar.gz 39281 BLAKE2B 71448eeb24cc149eb540b5b2f5f39cb1c7273ecbe9491eb049e8e1a721db4bde478bcd6cfadc7bc954c924eb26f1c5950fd4a8c5503a87dc3faec7866a23d0a8 SHA512 8eef6dcbd4b264365499ad0b53321fb1dce3b56377e91288a9d2b769775f9d697736e1136fe43d17147b8539fdad666e9b1f5fc22ecc63a601ce87434ba6aab1
diff --git a/dev-python/pathlib2/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pathlib2/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>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">pathlib2</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">jazzband/pathlib2</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pathlib2/pathlib2-2.3.7_p1.ebuild b/dev-python/pathlib2/pathlib2-2.3.7_p1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+# this is a backport, please do not add newer impls unless necessary
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{8..9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=${P/_p/-post}
+DESCRIPTION="Backport of pathlib aiming to support the full stdlib Python API"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/pathlib2/
+	https://github.com/jazzband/pathlib2/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/jazzband/pathlib2/archive/${PV/_p/-post}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest