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+# R Overlay -- Manifest creation for ebuilds
+# Copyright 2006-2012 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+import logging
+
+from roverlay.manifest import helpers
+
+_MANIFEST_IMPLEMENTATION = helpers.ExternalManifestCreation
+
+
+def create_manifest ( package_info, nofail=False ):
+	"""Creates a Manifest for package_info, using the <<best>> implementation
+	available.
+
+	current implementation: ExternalManifestCreation (using ebuild(1))
+
+	arguments:
+	* package_info --
+	* nofail -- catch exceptions and return False
+	"""
+	try:
+		return _MANIFEST_IMPLEMENTATION.do ( package_info )
+	except Exception as e:
+		logging.exception ( e )
+		if nofail:
+			return False
+		else:
+			raise
+# --- end of create_manifest (...) ---