diff --git a/dev-python/backports-tempfile/Manifest b/dev-python/backports-tempfile/Manifest
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+DIST backports.tempfile-1.0.tar.gz 10262 BLAKE2B 9436c8a3eb7fa6da17dad4466ab030f62b93a19103e519efcbe79e35cf0687ca2960666a9337cdc2929aeeed3790a7ee0441377755b1f1e2a8192b07ed7f049a SHA512 1f3cf634e289704e96bd8483289415aae896d95a16f5ac9b226ba879497675d76148399770966bd2ef14a02d3c8848516a9b39cc400819023b06254b5b0500dc
diff --git a/dev-python/backports-tempfile/backports-tempfile-1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/backports-tempfile/backports-tempfile-1.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN=${PN/-/.}
+MY_P=${MY_PN}-${PV}
+
+DESCRIPTION="Backport of new features in Python's tempfile module"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/PiDelport/backports.tempfile https://pypi.org/project/backports.tempfile/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${P:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="PSF-2.3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE=""
+RDEPEND="dev-python/backports[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/backports-weakref[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+# Tests require backports.test.support
+RESTRICT="test"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	sed -e "s|'setuptools_scm'||" \
+		-i setup.py || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	PYTHONPATH="${BUILD_DIR}/lib" \
+		"${PYTHON:-python}" tests/test_tempfile.py || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+}
+
+python_install() {
+	# avoid a collision with dev-python/backports
+	rm "${BUILD_DIR}"/lib/backports/__init__.py || die
+	distutils-r1_python_install --skip-build
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/backports-tempfile/metadata.xml b/dev-python/backports-tempfile/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>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Zac Medico</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">PiDelport/backports.tempfile</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">backports.tempfile</remote-id>
+		<bugs-to>https://github.com/PiDelport/backports.tempfile/issues</bugs-to>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>