diff --git a/dev-embedded/rauc/Manifest b/dev-embedded/rauc/Manifest
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+DIST rauc-1.3.tar.xz 1336420 BLAKE2B 79d8cc081b7871a7c4cf7eee47c042cb57723c60dad0cfefcb194048fe1c9a52261e1ef037f397ec80e7c1f1690fd34e4ce44a2d7cb427a5a48632760215e48b SHA512 044f679f81c0af58d5620a16c3a0fd7bc8ae50dccc403dd26f201735e0d7488e485b84ac38329b5f091648ae1173088a4e14976f6d28ef185a07daed82cc5b65
diff --git a/dev-embedded/rauc/metadata.xml b/dev-embedded/rauc/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">
+    <email>kurt@kmk-computers.de</email>
+    <name>Kurt Kanzenbach</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <longdescription lang="en">
+    RAUC is a lightweight update client that runs on your Embedded Linux device
+    and reliably controls the procedure of updating your device with a new
+    firmware revision. RAUC is also the tool on your host system that lets you
+    create, inspect and modify update artifacts for your device.
+  </longdescription>
+  <use>
+    <flag name="json">
+      Add JSON support
+    </flag>
+    <flag name="network">
+      Add network update support
+    </flag>
+    <flag name="service">
+      Add dbus service
+    </flag>
+  </use>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="github">rauc/rauc</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-embedded/rauc/rauc-1.3.ebuild b/dev-embedded/rauc/rauc-1.3.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+DESCRIPTION="Lightweight update client that runs on your Embedded Linux device"
+HOMEPAGE="https://rauc.io/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="doc json network service"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	dev-libs/openssl:0=
+	json? ( dev-libs/json-glib )
+	network? ( net-misc/curl )
+	service? ( sys-apps/dbus )
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myconf=(
+		$(use_enable json)
+		$(use_enable network)
+		$(use_enable service)
+	)
+	econf "${myconf[@]}"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	default
+	use doc && emake doc
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( docs/build/html/. )
+	default
+}