diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/patches/vim-7.2-fixes-5.patch.gz b/srcpkgs/vim/patches/vim-7.2-fixes-5.patch.gz
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/patches/vim-7.2-fixes-5.patch.gz.args b/srcpkgs/vim/patches/vim-7.2-fixes-5.patch.gz.args
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--- a/srcpkgs/vim/patches/vim-7.2-fixes-5.patch.gz.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--Np1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index 3baefdcbfd..10982bc4ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'vim'
 pkgname=vim
-_distver=7.2
-_patchver=239
+_distver=7.3
+_patchver=050
 version=${_distver}.${_patchver}
-wrksrc=vim72
+wrksrc=vim73
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/$pkgname-${_distver}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-perlinterp --disable-pythoninterp --disable-rubyinterp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-perlinterp --disable-pythoninterp --disable-rubyinterp
  --without-x --enable-multibyte --with-tlib=ncursesw"
 short_desc="Vim editor (vi clone)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=914db0f2205ebd6f02878295ec2506036ea7500399db112c61a01491cd9a1d86
+checksum=5c5d5d6e07f1bbc49b6fe3906ff8a7e39b049928b68195b38e3e3d347100221d
 long_desc="
  Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new features
  have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history,
@@ -26,3 +26,22 @@ Add_dependency run vim-common		">=${version}"
 Add_dependency build glibc-devel
 Add_dependency build ncursesw-devel
 Add_dependency build acl-devel
+
+pre_configure()
+{
+	local url="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/${_distver}"
+
+        if [ "${_patchver}" -gt 000 ]; then
+                cd ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR} || return 1
+                for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_patchver}); do
+                        [ -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${_distver}.${p} ] && continue
+                        msg_normal " Fetching ${url}/${_distver}-$p patch..."
+                        $XBPS_FETCH_CMD ${url}/${_distver}.$p 2>&1
+                done
+        fi
+        cd ${wrksrc}
+        for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_patchver}); do
+                patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${_distver}.${p} && \
+                        msg_normal "Applied patch ${_distver}.$p."
+        done
+}