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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 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads"
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A backup program that supports encryption and deduplication"
+HOMEPAGE="http://obnam.org/"
+SRC_URI="http://git.liw.fi/cgi-bin/cgit/cgit.cgi/obnam/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-python/cliapp[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/fuse-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/larch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/paramiko-1.16.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/tracing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/ttystatus[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_compile() {
+	addwrite /proc/self/comm
+	distutils-r1_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	distutils-r1_src_install
+	find "${D}" -name "obnam-viewprof*" -delete
+	insinto /etc
+	doins "${FILESDIR}"/obnam.conf
+	keepdir /var/log/obnam
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if [[ $REPLACING_VERSIONS < "1.2" ]]; then
+		elog "You will need to setup a config file before running obnam for the first time."
+		elog "For details, please see the obnam(1) manual page."
+		elog "An example file has been installed as /etc/obnam.conf for your convenience."
+	fi
+}