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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# @ECLASS: eutils.eclass
+# @MAINTAINER:
+# base-system@gentoo.org
+# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 6 7
+# @BLURB: many extra (but common) functions that are used in ebuilds
+# @DEPRECATED: native package manager functions, more specific eclasses
+
+if [[ -z ${_EUTILS_ECLASS} ]]; then
+_EUTILS_ECLASS=1
+
+# implicitly inherited (now split) eclasses
+case ${EAPI} in
+	6) inherit desktop edos2unix epatch eqawarn estack ltprune multilib \
+			preserve-libs strip-linguas toolchain-funcs vcs-clean wrapper ;;
+	7) inherit edos2unix strip-linguas wrapper ;;
+	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
+esac
+
+emktemp() {
+	eerror "emktemp has been removed."
+	eerror "Create a temporary file in \${T} instead."
+	die "emktemp is banned"
+}
+
+path_exists() {
+	eerror "path_exists has been removed.  Please see the following post"
+	eerror "for a replacement snippet:"
+	eerror "https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2018/08/09/inlining-path_exists/"
+	die "path_exists is banned"
+}
+
+use_if_iuse() {
+	eerror "use_if_iuse has been removed."
+	eerror "Define it as a local function, or inline it:"
+	eerror "    in_iuse foo && use foo"
+	die "use_if_iuse is banned"
+}
+
+fi