diff --git a/media-sound/kid3/kid3-3.9.6.ebuild b/media-sound/kid3/kid3-3.9.6.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-inherit cmake kde.org python-any-r1 xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple tag editor based on Qt"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kid3.kde.org/"
-
-if [[ ${KDE_BUILD_TYPE} != live ]]; then
-	SRC_URI="mirror://kde/stable/${PN}/${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="acoustid flac kde mp3 mp4 +mpris +taglib test vorbis"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="flac? ( vorbis )"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,network,widgets,xml]
-	dev-qt/qtdeclarative:6
-	dev-qt/qtmultimedia:6
-	sys-libs/readline:=
-	acoustid? (
-		media-libs/chromaprint:=
-		media-video/ffmpeg:=
-	)
-	flac? (
-		media-libs/flac:=[cxx]
-		media-libs/libvorbis
-	)
-	kde? (
-		kde-frameworks/kconfig:6
-		kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets:6
-		kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons:6
-		kde-frameworks/kio:6
-		kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons:6
-		kde-frameworks/kxmlgui:6
-	)
-	mp3? ( media-libs/id3lib )
-	mp4? ( media-libs/libmp4v2 )
-	mpris? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6[dbus] )
-	taglib? ( >=media-libs/taglib-1.9.1:= )
-	vorbis? (
-		media-libs/libogg
-		media-libs/libvorbis
-	)
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	!media-sound/kid3:5
-"
-BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist]
-	kde? ( kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules:0 )
-"
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	use test && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# overengineered upstream build system
-	cmake_src_prepare
-	# applies broken python hacks, bug #614950
-	cmake_comment_add_subdirectory doc
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON
-		-DWITH_QAUDIODECODER=ON # bug 855281
-		-DWITH_CHROMAPRINT=$(usex acoustid)
-		-DWITH_DBUS=$(usex mpris)
-		-DWITH_FLAC=$(usex flac)
-		-DWITH_ID3LIB=$(usex mp3)
-		-DWITH_MP4V2=$(usex mp4)
-		-DWITH_TAGLIB=$(usex taglib)
-		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test)
-		-DWITH_VORBIS=$(usex vorbis)
-	)
-
-	if use kde ; then
-		mycmakeargs+=( "-DWITH_APPS=KDE;CLI" )
-	else
-		mycmakeargs+=( "-DWITH_APPS=Qt;CLI" )
-	fi
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}