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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+MY_P=${PN}-$(ver_rs 3 '-')
+
+inherit autotools
+
+DESCRIPTION="AX.25 library for hamradio applications"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.linux-ax25.org/"
+SRC_URI="http://www.linux-ax25.org/pub/${PN}/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
+IUSE="static-libs"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	use elibc_musl && eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-musl.patch"
+	eapply_user
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf  $(use_enable static-libs static)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -type f -delete || die
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" installconf
+}