diff --git a/dev-libs/boinc-zip/Manifest b/dev-libs/boinc-zip/Manifest
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+DIST boinc-7.16.16.tar.gz 49599131 BLAKE2B 819ab85c19a684144711f77e669b892aa73c006b81c1d7ef7adbd9d580e1e8473ae27b52dc17953ee677c70fc78ed15df936afd740e629715f30f2b81d84ea6f SHA512 dd7042e176d6506c70de7866556ae73b2f45734df92038086d5b0414751f3da08dc571c49f0c26d747d3fb2577674d3ff8cdec7d3563861eaaaa5af9c1db0a0e
diff --git a/dev-libs/boinc-zip/boinc-zip-7.16.16.ebuild b/dev-libs/boinc-zip/boinc-zip-7.16.16.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit autotools
+
+MY_PV=$(ver_cut 1-2)
+
+DESCRIPTION="Wrapper for the zip/unzip functions to expose to BOINC clients"
+HOMEPAGE="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/FileCompression"
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/${MY_PV}/${PV}.tar.gz -> boinc-${PV}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+S="${WORKDIR}/boinc-client_release-${MY_PV}-${PV}/zip"
+
+LICENSE="Info-ZIP LGPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed '/$(LN) .libs\/$(LIBBOINC_ZIP_STATIC)/d' -i Makefile.am || die
+
+	cd .. || die
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	cd .. || die
+	econf --enable-pkg-devel --disable-static
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/*/libboinc_zip.la || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/boinc-zip/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/boinc-zip/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
+		<email>cyber+gentoo@sysrq.in</email>
+		<name>Anna</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">BOINC/boinc</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>