diff --git a/templates/libffi-devel b/templates/libffi-devel
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+libffi
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diff --git a/templates/libffi/depends b/templates/libffi/depends
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+abi_depends=">=3.0.8"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/templates/libffi/devel.template b/templates/libffi/devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libffi-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libffi
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/templates/libffi/patches/fix_includedir_path.diff b/templates/libffi/patches/fix_includedir_path.diff
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+--- include/Makefile.in.orig	2009-11-17 03:20:27.967671016 +0100
++++ include/Makefile.in	2009-11-17 03:21:20.354047994 +0100
+@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+ DISTCLEANFILES = ffitarget.h
+ EXTRA_DIST = ffi.h.in ffi_common.h
+-includesdir = $(libdir)/@PACKAGE_NAME@-@PACKAGE_VERSION@/include
++includesdir = @prefix@/include
+ nodist_includes_HEADERS = ffi.h ffitarget.h 
+ all: all-am
+ 
diff --git a/templates/libffi/template b/templates/libffi/template
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+# Template file for 'libffi'
+pkgname=libffi
+version=3.0.8
+distfiles="ftp://sourceware.org/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Library supporting Foreign Function Interfaces"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=2c7c5b88a68fb362262889ba25ef25dc27864b7bbf03547a8a36b8d567569406
+long_desc="
+ The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming
+ interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to
+ call any function specified by a call interface description at run-time.
+
+ Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments
+ are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be
+ told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call
+ a given function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a
+ bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code.
+
+ Ffi stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function
+ interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code
+ written in one language to call code written in another language.
+ The libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent
+ layer of a fully featured foreign function interface.  A layer must
+ exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed
+ between the two languages."
+
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency build texinfo