diff --git a/libabw/.footprint b/libabw/.footprint
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+++ b/libabw/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/abw2html
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/abw2raw
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/abw2text
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/libabw-0.1/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/libabw-0.1/libabw/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libabw-0.1/libabw/AbiDocument.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libabw-0.1/libabw/libabw.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libabw-0.1.la
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libabw-0.1.so -> libabw-0.1.so.1.0.2
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libabw-0.1.so.1 -> libabw-0.1.so.1.0.2
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libabw-0.1.so.1.0.2
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libabw-0.1.pc
diff --git a/libabw/.signature b/libabw/.signature
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+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF3/WkZ3SZFb0ZB8fSn99W2xAk3+sRYwZ3EkZKDEkDMokRuOMo5Zd+txJPfjKjBvHOvQYFMI9wJ2Xg/SIRzCQIqAs=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = fe446610f3858495ceb99608b18f64414d994dc4453daf57b2dd6cc40d8c28e3
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 4295222d3aa2acb3e704b9314a7f26d17ee535f7ec07c2c1b53d0cfa273e5eaa
+SHA256 (libabw-0.1.2.tar.xz) = 0b72944d5af81dda0a5c5803ee84cbac4b81441a4d767aa57029adc6744c2485
diff --git a/libabw/Pkgfile b/libabw/Pkgfile
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+# Description: a library that parses the file format of AbiWord documents
+# URL: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw
+# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
+# Depends on: librevenge libxml2
+
+name=libabw
+version=0.1.2
+release=1
+source=(https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src/$name/$name-$version.tar.xz)
+
+build() {
+  cd $name-$version
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+  make DESTDIR="$PKG" install
+}