diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/Manifest b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/Manifest
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+DIST libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.tar.gz 20442200 BLAKE2B 38308dd8e954820b6debf15bc884effd583c0e0fa1667ed4451085ff8cf1bf4101807110873a501617785763886c107c19ab30c16390b5fb608f52b2736465be SHA512 fad36f7882fcb21b87e13cf603022cfad3f14e6f955a06e2771712facd0fe12f83f4d1655dc1a744724bda1ac83af7e7bf1393457c5507d8983f63002ab294b5
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake plocale
+
+DESCRIPTION="Libxlsxwriter is a C library for creating Excel XLSX files."
+HOMEPAGE="http://libxlsxwriter.github.io/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/archive/RELEASE_${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="minizip openssl static-libs"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-RELEASE_${PV}"
+
+DEPEND="
+	sys-libs/zlib
+	minizip? ( sys-libs/zlib[minizip] )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	DOUBLEFUNCTION=OFF
+	for x in $(plocale_get_locales); do
+		if ! [[ "${x}" =~ ^en* ]]; then
+			#non-english locale detected; apply double function fix
+			DOUBLEFUNCTION=ON
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP="$(usex minizip ON OFF)"
+		-DUSE_OPENSSL_MD5="$(usex openssl ON OFF)"
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="$(usex static-libs ON OFF)"
+		-DUSE_DTOA_LIBRARY=${DOUBLEFUNCTION}
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	dodoc CONTRIBUTING.md License.txt Readme.md Changes.txt
+	dodoc -r docs examples
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/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>cantcuckthis@danwin1210.de</email>
+		<name>Dex Conner</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name='minizip'>Use system minizip library</flag>
+		<flag name='openssl'>Use <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> for MD5 digest.</flag>
+	</use>
+</pkgmetadata>