+extern int uci_set(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_package *p, const char *section, const char *option, const char *value, struct uci_element **result);
+
+/**
+ * uci_add_list: Append a string to an element list
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @ptr: uci pointer (with value)
+ *
+ * Note: if the given option already contains a string value,
+ * it will be converted to an 1-element-list before appending the next element
+ */
+extern int uci_add_list(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_ptr *ptr);
+
+/**
+ * uci_rename: Rename an element
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @ptr: uci pointer (with value)
+ */
+extern int uci_rename(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_ptr *ptr);
+
+/**
+ * uci_delete: Delete a section or option
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @ptr: uci pointer
+ */
+extern int uci_delete(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_ptr *ptr);
+
+/**
+ * uci_save: save change history for a package
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @p: uci_package struct
+ */
+extern int uci_save(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_package *p);
+
+/**
+ * uci_commit: commit changes to a package
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @p: uci_package struct pointer
+ * @overwrite: overwrite existing config data and flush history
+ *
+ * committing may reload the whole uci_package data,
+ * the supplied pointer is updated accordingly
+ */
+extern int uci_commit(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_package **p, bool overwrite);