diff --git a/jsoncpp/.footprint b/jsoncpp/.footprint
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+++ b/jsoncpp/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/json/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/allocator.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/assertions.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/config.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/forwards.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/json.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/json_features.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/reader.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/value.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/version.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/json/writer.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so -> libjsoncpp.so.25
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so.25
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/jsoncpp.pc
diff --git a/jsoncpp/.signature b/jsoncpp/.signature
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+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/core.pub
+RWRJc1FUaeVeqkniwZO/MTF25T+Q9cb2FJLnMy2KlBS1HgoErtPgTyJFp355Dq5xmhs3xGpANwI2tJUCwE5dnQbZKSAV0Qjj1g0=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = a6fa26411deacc44f77c167d237e4f34a7b7bbec7a3d9ffe9344f00987ab67a8
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 4580fce6df8142de5a77f4e2aa3dae8e23efa67b6de4bfdae3d41afb16dd697e
+SHA256 (jsoncpp-1.9.5.tar.gz) = f409856e5920c18d0c2fb85276e24ee607d2a09b5e7d5f0a371368903c275da2
diff --git a/jsoncpp/Pkgfile b/jsoncpp/Pkgfile
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+# Description: C++ library for interacting with JSON
+# URL: https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp
+# Maintainer: CRUX System Team, core-ports at crux dot nu
+
+name=jsoncpp
+version=1.9.5
+release=1
+source=(https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/$version/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build() {
+  echo ${version} > $name-$version/version
+
+  meson setup $name-$version build \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --buildtype=plain \
+    --wrap-mode nodownload \
+    -D b_lto=true \
+    -D b_pie=true \
+    --default-library shared
+  meson compile -C build
+  DESTDIR=$PKG meson install -C build
+}