diff --git a/dev-libs/cereal/Manifest b/dev-libs/cereal/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-libs/cereal/Manifest
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+DIST cereal-1.2.1.tar.gz 301994 SHA256 7d321c22ea1280b47ddb06f3e9702fcdbb2910ff2f3df0a2554804210714434e SHA512 f0050f27433a4b544e7785aa94fc7b14a57eed6d542e25d3d0fda4d27cf55ea55e796be2138bf80809c96c392436513fe42764b3a456938395bf7f7177dd1c73 WHIRLPOOL d17573dc44b4cf610b4dd0d295f414a58bea39729537f2cabb2ebbba4ba6e899df1f5a43f8959b9afa55a0b1123ec53cf61eabe8c6dcd534619caaf567f6b1b8
diff --git a/dev-libs/cereal/cereal-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/cereal/cereal-1.2.1.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..662f699e11a74
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+++ b/dev-libs/cereal/cereal-1.2.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit cmake-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="header-only C++11 serialization library"
+HOMEPAGE="http://uscilab.github.io/cereal/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/USCiLab/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="test? ( dev-libs/boost )"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i 's/-Werror//' CMakeLists.txt || die
+	default
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	mycmakeargs=(
+		-DJUST_INSTALL_CEREAL=$(usex !test)
+	)
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/cereal/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/cereal/metadata.xml
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+++ b/dev-libs/cereal/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>ottxor@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Christoph Junghans</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>