diff --git a/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/Manifest b/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/Manifest
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+DIST backports.functools_lru_cache-1.2.tar.gz 5325 SHA256 c2dab0234ef7b0cddfebc46a4c61e9fdbd87d824f356c24a355f6b4446068da4 SHA512 4f537fa2c61b9e2e77148fa0eb1c4ce49c4238a032d6009c66e71d1a41a2ec0cf187902ff448d3fc4603e03c35fed52513546fac08184ad5a806e518a98d58ac WHIRLPOOL af26a7edc20bc7ea8d38fbcabe7b418cff4ac1b7f33607513e0db9f0537a26f5ebac7521eda50481b964f2cae9f4e53bc57e51d76f633f0806e95c1a72d9dc76
diff --git a/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/backports-functools-lru-cache-1.2.ebuild b/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/backports-functools-lru-cache-1.2.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="${PN/-/.}"
+MY_PN="${MY_PN//-/_}"
+DESCRIPTION="Backport of functools.lru_cache from Python 3.3"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jaraco/backports.functools_lru_cache"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools_scm-1.9[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/pytest-2.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-runner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	if use test && has_version "${CATEGORY}/${PN}"; then
+		die "Ensure $PN is not already installed or the test suite will fail"
+	fi
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	PYTHONPATH=. py.test || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/metadata.xml b/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<herd>proxy-maintainers</herd>
+	<maintainer>
+		<email>sautier.louis@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Louis Sautier</name>
+		<description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">backports.functools_lru_cache</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">jaraco/backports.functools_lru_cache</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>