diff --git a/srcpkgs/fpc/template b/srcpkgs/fpc/template
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+# Template file for 'fpc'
+pkgname=fpc
+version=2.6.4
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="${pkgname}build-${version}"
+conf_files="/etc/fpc.cfg /etc/fppkg.cfg"
+hostmakedepends="rpmextract"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel zlib-devel expat-devel"
+short_desc="Free Pascal Compiler"
+maintainer="Jakub Skrzypnik <jot.skrzyp@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, FPC-FPR"
+homepage="http://freepascal.org/"
+distfiles="http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/pascal/${pkgname}/dist/${version}/source/${pkgname}build-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8d9c3bcfa469d9b37c05663e2775d179809e4b3443604fac7d21aa64c9a56daa
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+x86_64*)
+	distfiles+=" http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/pascal/${pkgname}/dist/${version}/x86_64-linux/rpm/${pkgname}-${version}-1.x86_64.rpm"
+	checksum+=" f91541135c46792fe0b66d953c65041d970713700c04a31f445be52b247cc68f"
+	;;
+i686)
+	distfiles+=" http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/pascal/${pkgname}/dist/${version}/i386-linux/rpm/${pkgname}-${version}-1.i686.rpm"
+	checksum+=" 57203a5eb764d238531f7d30504624f4cb856e62ce9f8c4525974f8da49fcac6"
+	;;
+esac
+# TODO: figure out cross-build and how to unwrap the ARM .tar.
+nocross=yes
+only_for_archs="x86_64 x86_64-musl i686 i686-musl"
+
+post_extract() {
+	# relative links needed
+	ln -sf ../lib64/fpc/${version}/ppcx64 usr/bin
+	ln -sf ../lib/fpc/${version}/ppc386 usr/bin
+
+	# tweak PT_INTERP for musl targets
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64-musl)
+		sed -i s,/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2,/lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1, $build_wrksrc/fpcsrc/compiler/systems/t_linux.pas
+		;;
+	i686-musl)
+		sed -i s,/lib/ld-linux.so.2,/lib/ld-musl-i386.so.1, $build_wrksrc/fpcsrc/compiler/systems/t_linux.pas
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	FPC=$wrksrc/usr/bin/fpc make ${makejobs} all NOGDB=1
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	FPC=$wrksrc/usr/bin/fpc make install NOGDB=1 \
+		PREFIX=$DESTDIR/usr INSTALL_MANDIR=$DESTDIR/usr/share/man
+	ln -srf $DESTDIR/usr/lib/fpc/${version}/ppc* $DESTDIR/usr/bin
+	vmkdir etc
+	PATH=$DESTDIR/usr/bin:$PATH \
+		$DESTDIR/usr/lib/fpc/${version}/samplecfg \
+			$DESTDIR/usr/lib/fpc/${version} $DESTDIR/etc
+	sed -i "s,${DESTDIR},,g" $DESTDIR/etc/*.cfg $DESTDIR/etc/fppkg/*
+	vlicense fpcsrc/rtl/COPYING.FPC
+}
+