diff --git a/dev-libs/libsmdev/Manifest b/dev-libs/libsmdev/Manifest
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+DIST libsmdev-alpha-20210418.tar.gz 1229702 BLAKE2B 9c63ab1921648d4bd66821263d3a5708c9a5508536e846717ad6d27787cb2fe50c57efa734113f41034ba064eb708fc4349528044de9efccaf331e07efb3b5db SHA512 399578a212ce6b2ed493e1496a9c826858f0daf83894b5a4b89ebd7997b2fe6ea4b59304ca5287cd4c6edaf41433433acb5fd1f51a9ff63bf3c40282863d6a54
+DIST libsmdev-alpha-20221028.tar.gz 1264956 BLAKE2B 0b70d467b761be5d401a9d6838927556a78e167c4e4833d254088add49909f6a687a60328ab26eb82147c6eb8331c37357cefc4ea586a6dd92f21fbe146a9821 SHA512 7d65a774969d44533ddab35b94cc827a482f325713c3d74e0b2d7405bf23ccd9bf7ac7fbb17bd7373dcc277116b5ae0592f3951143f585eec2f0d299b588da0c
diff --git a/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20210418.ebuild b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20210418.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
+inherit autotools python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library to access to storage media devices"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/libsmdev"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/libsmdev/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}-alpha-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"
+IUSE="nls unicode python +threads debug"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	nls? (
+		virtual/libiconv
+		virtual/libintl
+	)
+	python? ( dev-lang/python:* )
+	dev-libs/libcdata[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcerror[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcfile[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libclocale[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcnotify[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcthreads[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libuna[nls=,unicode=]
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eautoreconf
+	eapply_user
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf \
+		$(use_enable nls) \
+		$(use_with nls libiconv-prefix) \
+		$(use_with nls libintl-prefix) \
+		$(use_enable unicode wide-character-type) \
+		$(use_enable debug verbose-output ) \
+		$(use_enable debug debug-output ) \
+		$(use_enable threads multi-threading-support) \
+		$(use_enable python) \
+		$(use_enable python python3) \
+
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild
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index 000000000..43a2edf34
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+++ b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
+inherit autotools python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library to access to storage media devices"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/libsmdev"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/libsmdev/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}-alpha-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"
+IUSE="nls unicode python +threads debug"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	nls? (
+		virtual/libiconv
+		virtual/libintl
+	)
+	python? ( dev-lang/python:* )
+	dev-libs/libcdata[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcerror[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcfile[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libclocale[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcnotify[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcthreads[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libuna[nls=,unicode=]
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eautoreconf
+	eapply_user
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf \
+		$(use_enable nls) \
+		$(use_with nls libiconv-prefix) \
+		$(use_with nls libintl-prefix) \
+		$(use_enable unicode wide-character-type) \
+		$(use_enable debug verbose-output ) \
+		$(use_enable debug debug-output ) \
+		$(use_enable threads multi-threading-support) \
+		$(use_enable python) \
+		$(use_enable python python3) \
+
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libsmdev/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libsmdev/metadata.xml
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index 000000000..ace7c2d3a
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+++ b/dev-libs/libsmdev/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>unknown@pentoo.ch</email>
+		<name>Author Unknown</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>