diff --git a/templates/gobject-introspection-devel b/templates/gobject-introspection-devel
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+gobject-introspection
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diff --git a/templates/gobject-introspection/depends b/templates/gobject-introspection/depends
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+abi_depends=">=0.6.5"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/templates/gobject-introspection/devel.template b/templates/gobject-introspection/devel.template
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+# Template file for 'gobject-introspection-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run gobject-introspection
+
+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 ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/templates/gobject-introspection/template b/templates/gobject-introspection/template
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+# Template file for 'gobject-introspection'
+pkgname=gobject-introspection
+version=0.6.5
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/0.6/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Introspection system for GObject-based libraries"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=fe1702200d45958cdfe3707952d64c3a541628b1203a9b2644db0ee2c6d5df79
+long_desc="
+ The goal of the project is to describe the APIs and collect them in
+ a uniform, machine readable format."
+
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build flex
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full libffi
+Add_dependency full glib
+Add_dependency full python