diff --git a/srcpkgs/libev-devel b/srcpkgs/libev-devel
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+libev
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libev/depends b/srcpkgs/libev/depends
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+abi_depends=">=4.04"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libev/libev-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libev/libev-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libdev-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (Development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/include usr
+
+	# Conflicts with libevent, not necessary.
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/event.h
+
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libev/template b/srcpkgs/libev/template
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+# Template file for 'libev'
+pkgname=libev
+version=4.04
+build_style=gnu-configure
+homepage="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/${pkgname}.html"
+distfiles="http://dist.schmorp.de/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+short_desc="High-performance event loop loosely modelled after libevent"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="GPL-2, BSD"
+checksum=ab3a09e967e3b868055cd9363fd236aa093f8643d19cc7042e90e0dfe905b012
+long_desc="
+ A full-featured and high-performance (see benchmark) event loop that is
+ loosely modelled after libevent, but without its limitations and bugs. It is
+ used, among others, in the GNU Virtual Private Ethernet and rxvt-unicode
+ packages, and in the Deliantra MORPG Server and Client."
+
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc