diff --git a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/Manifest b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/Manifest
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+DIST libvsmbr-experimental-20180317.tar.gz 1375199 BLAKE2B 816464886abf846e3cfaa15120f73556d146d209f5efa669c14a14e1920b8359ef3c24e5e1494fc3a58124450964b89fb497c191a027d2993d3c3dafdb947386 SHA512 03d020fc8cc101c18036c61c5c68f27ed965ec810e57cd39abb0f7317e01258aa2dd30b7fc700ad5a6fcdf69298c84b9e864278b50f4cd17d47b2c763b9fb46c
+DIST libvsmbr-experimental-20180325.tar.gz 1379984 BLAKE2B ed6b41a0fc07ddec925035787ad05a5f4665b5d6ec9dbccc303db3005670185d671e2d11d399a30ad544f39def683210322daf8a73e4cbd2a5cccde889b645e7 SHA512 1e7f8907afce9df76283c0fa51680597d0a42a1f46c60d8ca17199e4cd87942e486a273828ca5665a9b40a2047052cf3f215863b918a249505a2febcdf410ca1
diff --git a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180317.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180317.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 and tools to access the Master Boot Record (MBR) volume system format"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/libvsmbr"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/libvsmbr/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}-experimental-${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:* )
+	app-forensics/libbfio[nls=,unicode=,threads=]
+	dev-libs/libcdata[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcerror[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcfile[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libclocale[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcnotify[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcpath[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcsplit[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcthreads[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfcache[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfdata[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) \
+		$(use_enable python python3) \
+
+}
diff --git a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild
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index 000000000..3b59a9d7a
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+++ b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
+inherit autotools python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library and tools to access the Master Boot Record (MBR) volume system format"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/libvsmbr"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/libvsmbr/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}-experimental-${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:* )
+	app-forensics/libbfio[nls=,unicode=,threads=]
+	dev-libs/libcdata[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcerror[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcfile[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libclocale[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcnotify[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libcpath[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcsplit[nls=,unicode=]
+	dev-libs/libcthreads[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfcache[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfdata[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libuna[nls=,unicode=]
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# TODO: open issue https://github.com/libyal/libvsmbr/issues/7
+	# unclear how to finally resolve it - does not seem to cause any harm at the moment
+
+	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) \
+
+}
diff --git a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/metadata.xml b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/metadata.xml
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+++ b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/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>