diff --git a/srcpkgs/dpkg-devel b/srcpkgs/dpkg-devel
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+dpkg
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/dpkg/template b/srcpkgs/dpkg/template
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+# Template file for 'dpkg'
+pkgname=dpkg
+version=1.17.25
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-start-stop-daemon --with-zlib --with-bz2 --with-liblzma"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
+makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel liblzma-devel ncurses-devel"
+depends="perl"
+short_desc="Debian Package Manager"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://packages.debian.org/dpkg"
+distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=07019d38ae98fb107c79dbb3690cfadff877f153b8c4970e3a30d2e59aa66baa
+
+dpkg-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+	}
+}