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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+BOINC_SUBMODULE="zip"
+inherit boinc
+
+DESCRIPTION="Wrapper for the zip/unzip functions to expose to BOINC clients"
+HOMEPAGE="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/FileCompression"
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
+LICENSE="Info-ZIP LGPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+
+# broken beyond repair
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+boinc_require_source ${PV}.0
+boinc_enable_autotools
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake lib${PN//-/_}.la
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake install-{libLTLIBRARIES,pkgincludeHEADERS} DESTDIR="${D}"
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}