diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
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+# Template build file for 'xbps-src-utils'.
+pkgname=xbps-src-utils
+version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
+homepage="https://github.com/davehome/xbps-repo-checkvers"
+makedepends="git pkg-config glib-devel proplib-devel libxbps-devel
+libarchive-devel confuse-devel"
+revision=1
+short_desc="Various tools for xbps-src in C (like repo-checkvers)"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="Simplified BSD, GPL"
+long_desc="
+ Various tools for xbps-src in C (like repo-checkvers)
+
+ * The xbps-repo-checkvers program shows which XBPS binary packages need to be
+   rebuilt on your system by comparing the versions of the binary packages which
+   are available in the XBPS repositories registered in your xbps.conf with the
+   latest available versions of them in the source package tree."
+
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://github.com/davehome/xbps-repo-checkvers.git"
+	msg_normal " Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall "${wrksrc}/xbps-repo-checkvers" 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall "${wrksrc}/COPYING" 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/xbps-src-utils.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/xbps-src-utils.rshlibs
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+libglib-2.0.so.0
+libprop.so.0
+libxbps.so.0
+libc.so.6