diff --git a/README b/README
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+# Environment variables
+
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
+
+# mostly for Crystal software
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/bad/llvm-6
diff --git a/gettext/recipe.spec b/gettext/recipe.spec
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+name: gettext
+version: 0.20.1
+release: 1
+sources: https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+dependencies:
+	- mpfr
+	- mpc
+	- binutils
+
+@configure
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	./configure
+
+@build
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	make
+
+@install
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	make install DESTDIR=%{pkg}
diff --git a/git/recipe.spec b/git/recipe.spec
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+name: git
+version: 2.9.5
+release: 1
+sources: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-%{version}.tar.xz
+
+dependencies:
+	- perl
+	- gmp
+	- mpfr
+	- autoconf
+	- automake
+	- mpc
+	- binutils
+
+# -i prevents the use of gettext (msgfmt)
+options:
+	- make: -i
+
+@configure
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	make distclean
+	autoconf
+	./configure --without-tcltk --disable-nls
+
+@build
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	make -i 1>/dev/null
+
+@install
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	make -i install DESTDIR="%{pkg}"
diff --git a/gnupg/recipe.spec b/gnupg/recipe.spec
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+name: gnupg
+version: 2.2.17
+release: 1
+sources: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-%{version}.tar.bz2
+
+dependencies:
+	- libgpg-error
+	- libgcrypt
+	- libassuan
+	- pkgconf
+	- libnpth
+	- binutils
+
+@configure
+	cd %{name}-%{version}
+	make clean
+	./configure --disable-gpgsm --disable-scdaemon  --disable-dirmngr  --disable-doc  --disable-gpgtar  --disable-wks-tools  --enable-gpg-is-gpg2  --disable-selinux-support --disable-exec  --disable-photo-viewers  --disable-card-support  --disable-ccid-driver --disable-dirmngr-auto-start  --disable-sqlite --disable-ntbtls  --disable-gnutls  --disable-ldap  --disable-rpath  --disable-nls
diff --git a/gnutar/recipe.spec b/gnutar/recipe.spec
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+name: gnutar
+version: 1.32
+release: 1
+sources: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-%{version}.tar.gz
+dirname: tar-%{version}
+options:
+	- configure: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1
+
diff --git a/libassuan/recipe.spec b/libassuan/recipe.spec
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+name: libassuan
+version: 2.5.3
+release: 1
+sources: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-%{version}.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libgcrypt/recipe.spec b/libgcrypt/recipe.spec
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+name: libgcrypt
+version: 1.8.4
+release: 1
+sources: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-%{version}.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libgpg-error/recipe.spec b/libgpg-error/recipe.spec
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+++ b/libgpg-error/recipe.spec
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+name: libgpg-error
+version: 1.36
+release: 1
+sources: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-%{version}.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libksba/recipe.spec b/libksba/recipe.spec
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+++ b/libksba/recipe.spec
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+name: libksba
+version: 1.3.5
+release: 1
+sources: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-%{version}.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libnpth/recipe.spec b/libnpth/recipe.spec
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+name: libnpth
+version: 1.6
+release: 1
+sources: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/npth/npth-%{version}.tar.bz2
+dirname: npth-%{version}
diff --git a/pkgconf/recipe.spec b/pkgconf/recipe.spec
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+name: pkgconf
+version: 1.6.3
+release: 1
+sources: https://distfiles.dereferenced.org/pkgconf/pkgconf-%{version}.tar.xz