diff --git a/dev-python/httplib2/Manifest b/dev-python/httplib2/Manifest
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--- a/dev-python/httplib2/Manifest
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-AUX httplib2-0.6.0+0cff83696d-fix-no-attribute-makefile.patch 1060 RMD160 45eba1852b60e54372fe501f22384e5f4af8dcc6 SHA1 d648c266129956d8fd0d74dcf039126e8971cfea SHA256 8c8243faae0e7d38bf345eb2904b571bec04d5db8d09126a911a82406d6f1545
-DIST httplib2-0.6.0.tar.gz 53800 RMD160 bfba7a586bd3b2234c8ccbf15f2cc5640bd4f664 SHA1 995344b2704826cc0d61a266e995b328d92445a5 SHA256 58de068e5af5661c566abb871a75133cc8297e6473ff3f15e98079d57da3978c
-EBUILD httplib2-0.6.0-r1.ebuild 934 RMD160 261e872dfd4cee17a4966f1183862b70b6fc35e9 SHA1 aae4f3aa9bbe4fdb61b7ff4b3810f78b059b165d SHA256 c496fec823b2433a6fa84c0e2132263c1d677ba96df47cec4ad25686a751a8f7
-MISC metadata.xml 159 RMD160 900a8c55d7a7d2f6312594769aaf941bf9e99c7f SHA1 c8e604d56dae898258b5254d78cfeac0b981e288 SHA256 9f01104d3484792496faff4805eed0ecea2352a897151f3397d49a13800037b4
diff --git a/dev-python/httplib2/files/httplib2-0.6.0+0cff83696d-fix-no-attribute-makefile.patch b/dev-python/httplib2/files/httplib2-0.6.0+0cff83696d-fix-no-attribute-makefile.patch
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--- a/dev-python/httplib2/files/httplib2-0.6.0+0cff83696d-fix-no-attribute-makefile.patch
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-diff -r -U4 httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py
---- httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	2010-12-18 17:05:28.000000000 +0000
-+++ httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	2010-12-18 17:04:44.000000000 +0000
-@@ -868,8 +868,20 @@
-                     raise
-             except httplib.HTTPException:
-                 # Just because the server closed the connection doesn't apparently mean
-                 # that the server didn't send a response.
-+                if conn.sock is None:
-+                    if i == 0:
-+                        conn.close()
-+                        conn.connect()
-+                        continue
-+                    else:
-+                        conn.close()
-+                        raise
-+                if i == 0:
-+                    conn.close()
-+                    conn.connect()
-+                    continue
-                 pass
-             try:
-                 response = conn.getresponse()
-             except (socket.error, httplib.HTTPException):
diff --git a/dev-python/httplib2/httplib2-0.6.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/httplib2/httplib2-0.6.0-r1.ebuild
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index bd23d8c6f..000000000
--- a/dev-python/httplib2/httplib2-0.6.0-r1.ebuild
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@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2010 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-python/httplib2/httplib2-0.6.0.ebuild,v 1.10 2010/10/09 10:38:53 ssuominen Exp $
-
-EAPI="2"
-SUPPORT_PYTHON_ABIS="1"
-
-inherit eutils distutils
-
-DESCRIPTION="A comprehensive HTTP client library"
-HOMEPAGE="http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/httplib2"
-SRC_URI="http://httplib2.googlecode.com/files/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ~arm ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND=""
-
-src_prepare() {
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}+0cff83696d-fix-no-attribute-makefile.patch"
-	distutils_src_prepare
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	distutils_src_install
-
-	dodoc README
-	newdoc python3/README README-python3
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	testing() {
-		cd "$S/python${PYTHON_ABI:0:1}"
-		"$(PYTHON)" httplib2test.py
-		cd ../..
-	}
-	python_execute_function testing
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/httplib2/metadata.xml b/dev-python/httplib2/metadata.xml
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--- a/dev-python/httplib2/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<herd>python</herd>
-</pkgmetadata>