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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+MY_P="uuid-${PV}"
+GENTOO_DEPEND_ON_PERL="no"
+inherit perl-module
+
+DESCRIPTION="An ISO-C:1999 API with CLI for generating DCE, ISO/IEC and RFC compliant UUID"
+HOMEPAGE="https://sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp"
+SRC_URI="https://lfs.nabijaczleweli.xyz/0022-OSSP.org-mirror/ftp.ossp.org/ossp-ftp/pkg/lib/uuid/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="ISC"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="+cxx perl static-libs ${GENTOO_PERL_USESTRING}"
+
+DEPEND="
+	perl? (
+		${GENTOO_PERL_DEPSTRING}
+		dev-lang/perl:=
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="perl? ( dev-lang/perl )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-gentoo-r1.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-gentoo-perl.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-hwaddr.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-manfix.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-uuid-preserve-m-option-status-in-v-option-handling.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-whatis-entries.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-data-uuid-from-string.patch"
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	# Notes:
+	# * collides with e2fstools libs and includes if not moved around
+	# * pgsql-bindings need PostgreSQL-sources and are included since PostgreSQL 8.3
+	econf \
+		--includedir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/include/ossp \
+		--with-dce \
+		--without-pgsql \
+		--without-perl \
+		--without-php \
+		$(use_with cxx) \
+		$(use_enable static-libs static)
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	default
+
+	if use perl; then
+		cd perl || die
+		# configure needs the ossp-uuid.la generated by `make` in $S
+		perl-module_src_configure
+		perl-module_src_compile
+	fi
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${S}/.libs" # required for the perl-bindings to load the (correct) library
+	default
+
+	use perl && emake -C perl test
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	dodoc BINDINGS HISTORY OVERVIEW PORTING SEEALSO USERS
+
+	if use perl ; then
+		cd perl || die
+		perl-module_src_install
+	fi
+
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+
+	mv "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/pkgconfig/{,ossp-}uuid.pc || die
+	mv "${ED}"/usr/share/man/man3/uuid.3{,ossp} || die
+	if use cxx; then
+		mv "${ED}"/usr/share/man/man3/uuid++.3{,ossp} || die
+	fi
+}