diff --git a/dev-ros/roslib/Manifest b/dev-ros/roslib/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-ros/roslib/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST ros-1.12.3.tar.gz 162506 SHA256 49b9368e901d69f464b46c9ff0d12843d413fe20c4271225dbb75169bb82a47e SHA512 fe740f357959ed2cabcf0d902c7f1ebe6a7dedd11376ec76e5f47383b0b29b15127306255bea9adb3a48b2872a681a10302f9b0c4da4625c31bcc78522b66d7c WHIRLPOOL d57a877f7b7dc2a6613d3ea07b59e740e25bfffbcec51fa4ce826ccdc9f95dd9aed121736f46338068f9cf06b52a6abc8462ce663bbd4519e7d93f16422995f5
diff --git a/dev-ros/roslib/metadata.xml b/dev-ros/roslib/metadata.xml
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+++ b/dev-ros/roslib/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>ros</herd>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-ros/roslib/roslib-1.12.3.ebuild b/dev-ros/roslib/roslib-1.12.3.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..5530a2dd15ad0
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+++ b/dev-ros/roslib/roslib-1.12.3.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+ROS_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ros/ros"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} )
+ROS_SUBDIR=core/${PN}
+
+inherit ros-catkin
+
+DESCRIPTION="Base dependencies and support libraries for ROS"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/rospkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/boost:=[threads]
+	dev-ros/rospack
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? (
+		dev-cpp/gtest
+		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)"
diff --git a/dev-ros/roslib/roslib-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/roslib/roslib-9999.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..5530a2dd15ad0
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+++ b/dev-ros/roslib/roslib-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+ROS_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ros/ros"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} )
+ROS_SUBDIR=core/${PN}
+
+inherit ros-catkin
+
+DESCRIPTION="Base dependencies and support libraries for ROS"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/rospkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/boost:=[threads]
+	dev-ros/rospack
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? (
+		dev-cpp/gtest
+		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)"