diff --git a/acct-group/uptimed/metadata.xml b/acct-group/uptimed/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>polynomial-c@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Lars Wendler</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-group/uptimed/uptimed-0.ebuild b/acct-group/uptimed/uptimed-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit acct-group
+
+ACCT_GROUP_ID=220