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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 python3_{3,4,5} pypy pypy3 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Backports of the traceback module"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/testing-cabal/traceback2"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${P:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="PSF-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pbr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+RDEPEND="dev-python/linecache2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"