diff --git a/srcpkgs/schroot-devel b/srcpkgs/schroot-devel
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+schroot/
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/schroot/template b/srcpkgs/schroot/template
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+# Template file for 'schroot'
+pkgname=schroot
+version=1.6.10
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="
+	--enable-dchroot
+	--enable-lvm-snapshot
+	--enable-btrfs-snapshot
+	BTRFS=/usr/bin/btrfs
+	BTRFSCTL=/usr/bin/btrfsctl
+	LVCREATE=/usr/sbin/lvcreate
+	LVREMOVE=/usr/sbin/lvremove"
+conf_files="
+	/etc/schroot/minimal/nssdatabases
+	/etc/schroot/minimal/fstab
+	/etc/schroot/minimal/copyfiles
+	/etc/schroot/buildd/nssdatabases
+	/etc/schroot/buildd/fstab
+	/etc/schroot/buildd/copyfiles
+	/etc/schroot/default/nssdatabases
+	/etc/schroot/default/fstab
+	/etc/schroot/default/copyfiles
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/05lvm
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/50chrootname
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/70services
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/15killprocs
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/00check
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/20nssdatabases
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/20copyfiles
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/99check -> 00check
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/05union
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/10mount
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/05btrfs
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/05file
+	/etc/schroot/setup.d/15binfmt
+	/etc/schroot/schroot.conf
+	/etc/schroot/desktop/nssdatabases
+	/etc/schroot/desktop/fstab
+	/etc/schroot/desktop/copyfiles
+	/etc/schroot/sbuild/nssdatabases
+	/etc/schroot/sbuild/fstab
+	/etc/schroot/sbuild/copyfiles"
+make_dirs="
+	/var/lib/schroot/unpack 0755 root root
+	/var/lib/schroot/union/underlay 0755 root root
+	/var/lib/schroot/union/overlay 0755 root root
+	/var/lib/schroot/session 0755 root root
+	/var/lib/schroot/mount 0755 root root
+	/etc/schroot/chroot.d 0755 root root"
+hostmakedepends="cmake doxygen btrfs-progs"
+makedepends="boost-devel pam-devel lockdev-devel e2fsprogs-devel"
+short_desc="Allows users to execute commands in different chroots"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://wiki.debian.org/Schroot"
+distfiles="http://${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/s/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz"
+checksum="3ce8dfd9cb97b099e4b6d4ccec421d6cc8c9ef84574681e928a12badb5643d0b"
+
+schroot-devel_package() {
+	depends="schroot>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}