diff --git a/py3boost/.footprint b/py3boost/.footprint
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--- a/py3boost/.footprint
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-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libboost_python3.so -> libboost_python38.so.1.73.0
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-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libboost_python38.so -> libboost_python38.so.1.73.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libboost_python38.so.1 -> libboost_python38.so.1.73.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libboost_python38.so.1.73 -> libboost_python38.so.1.73.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libboost_python38.so.1.73.0
diff --git a/py3boost/.signature b/py3boost/.signature
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diff --git a/py3boost/Pkgfile b/py3boost/Pkgfile
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-# Description: Boost python3 binding.
-# URL: https://www.boost.org/
-# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
-# Packager: Pedja, predivan at mts dot rs
-# Depends on: boost python3
-
-name=py3boost
-version=1.73.0
-release=1
-source=(https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/${name#py3}/${name#py3}/$version/${name#py3}_${version//./_}.tar.bz2)
-
-build() {
-  cd ${name#py3}_${version//./_}
-
-  # these numbers need to be changed according to systems python3 version
-  sed -i '19s:=python:=python3.8:' bootstrap.sh
-  ## here too
-  sed -i '20s:=:=3.8:' bootstrap.sh
-
-  export _stagedir="$SRC/stagedir"
-
-  ./bootstrap.sh \
-    --prefix="${_stagedir}" \
-    --with-toolset=gcc \
-    --with-icu \
-    --with-libraries=python \
-    --with-python=/usr/bin/python3
-
-  ./b2 stage \
-    --prefix="${_stagedir/python3}" \
-    --with-python \
-    python=3.8 \
-    variant=release \
-    threading=multi \
-    runtime-link=shared \
-    link=shared,static \
-    debug-symbols=off \
-    toolset=gcc \
-    install
-
-  install -dm 755 $PKG/usr/lib
-  cp -a ${_stagedir}/lib/libboost_python3* $PKG/usr/lib
-  #https://github.com/boostorg/python/issues/203#issuecomment-391477685
-  ln -srL $PKG/usr/lib/libboost_python3{8,}.so
-}