diff --git a/app-emulation/cloud-init/Manifest b/app-emulation/cloud-init/Manifest
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+DIST cloud-init-23.4.tar.gz 1648908 BLAKE2B 0acec9c437c7a5a86ed9cd8718830a7311c257ae9f223a68959b8d1eccc693b35f6a716de5c04112d848c1e2e54f6461a3919fd733debba18989145f6669d359 SHA512 34966b173571764bf83779bef0e89a86971310ff0fa62feceef4fbe17c9fa6d1b69f11f57caaa32cc4ae4a74f598f157dfb3ce356221044666401230cfb1ad13
diff --git a/app-emulation/cloud-init/cloud-init-23.4-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/cloud-init/cloud-init-23.4-r1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
+inherit edo python-single-r1 udev
+
+DESCRIPTION="Cloud instance initialisation magic"
+HOMEPAGE="https://launchpad.net/cloud-init"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://launchpad.net/${PN}/trunk/${PV}/+download/${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="selinux test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/oauthlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pyserial[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/configobj-5.0.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/jsonpatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/netifaces[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	')
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	')
+	test? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/passlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/pytest-mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/responses[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		')
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	net-analyzer/macchanger
+	net-analyzer/openbsd-netcat
+	sys-apps/iproute2
+	sys-fs/growpart
+	virtual/logger
+	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-cloudinit )
+"
+
+EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+	# Can't find file
+	tests/unittests/config/test_apt_configure_sources_list_v1.py
+	tests/unittests/config/test_apt_configure_sources_list_v3.py
+	# PORTAGE_TMPDIR too long for unix sockets
+	tests/unittests/test_all_stages.py
+	# TODO
+	tests/unittests/config/test_schema.py
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# Fix location of documentation installation
+	sed -i "s:USR + \"/share/doc/cloud-init:USR + \"/share/doc/${PF}:" setup.py || die
+
+	if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+		sed -i 's/version=get_version(),/version=9999,/g' setup.py || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	edo ${EPYTHON} setup.py build
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	epytest
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	edo ${EPYTHON} setup.py install \
+		--prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
+		--root="${D}" \
+		--init-system=sysvinit_openrc,systemd \
+		--distro gentoo
+	python_optimize
+
+	keepdir /etc/cloud
+
+	# installs as non-executable
+	chmod +x "${D}"/etc/init.d/* || die
+}
+
+pkg_prerm() {
+	udev_reload
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	udev_reload
+
+	elog "cloud-init-local needs to be run in the boot runlevel because it"
+	elog "modifies services in the default runlevel.  When a runlevel is started"
+	elog "it is cached, so modifications that happen to the current runlevel"
+	elog "while you are in it are not acted upon."
+}
diff --git a/app-emulation/cloud-init/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/cloud-init/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos)</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="launchpad">cloud-init</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>