diff --git a/app-forensics/liblnk/Manifest b/app-forensics/liblnk/Manifest
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+++ b/app-forensics/liblnk/Manifest
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+DIST liblnk-alpha-20210417.tar.gz 1576134 BLAKE2B beaaf3b321c7b1f0007b5b8f1cbd8cfe7572e84f813c86a67ef4d03384877ee6370d7e43ba03364e4bdf232301fe36a239abafaeeec93df30efda8870a497f79 SHA512 989e38c041ab26f3b44c90053ab2c9d18d7613bd42a211b14452dbf859204773f1bc131bf34b3b04b2401ee137f640b86f2bf3863a782e8bda74bd3543ed12c1
+DIST liblnk-alpha-20221023.tar.gz 1616642 BLAKE2B a27439b7dde6a6fb9fda7df6d5bf411e52ee441ecb102481a51a9ba117c2c594ca9db605abc7504629cfacf834f37325522363ddcc2c646047eb226360a7463c SHA512 f61b8f81880ae4a405b47017db5bacfa48ea9054f152cea21d5266ead24f20f8dbc8aae050dbcb062d6cc22ff6698df62625665d562cc2fa7fb7dbd46095eb4e
diff --git a/app-forensics/liblnk/liblnk-20210417.ebuild b/app-forensics/liblnk/liblnk-20210417.ebuild
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+++ b/app-forensics/liblnk/liblnk-20210417.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 Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/liblnk"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/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:* )
+	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/libfdatetime[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfguid[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfole[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfwps[nls=,threads=,python=]
+	dev-libs/libfwsi[nls=,threads=,python=]
+	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/app-forensics/liblnk/liblnk-20221023.ebuild b/app-forensics/liblnk/liblnk-20221023.ebuild
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index 000000000..ffc0490e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-forensics/liblnk/liblnk-20221023.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 Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/liblnk"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/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:* )
+	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/libfdatetime[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfguid[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfole[nls=]
+	dev-libs/libfwps[nls=,threads=,python=]
+	dev-libs/libfwsi[nls=,threads=,python=]
+	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/app-forensics/liblnk/metadata.xml b/app-forensics/liblnk/metadata.xml
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index 000000000..ace7c2d3a
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+++ b/app-forensics/liblnk/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>