diff --git a/srcpkgs/xrootconsole/template b/srcpkgs/xrootconsole/template
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+# Template file for 'xrootconsole'
+pkgname=xrootconsole
+version=0.6r3
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version%r*}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+makedepends="libX11-devel"
+short_desc="Fancy X console display"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/xrootconsole"
+distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/x/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version%r*}.orig.tar.gz
+ ${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/x/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version/r/-}.debian.tar.gz"
+checksum="8306de6f4d3f39677334ee65214e46729cf2dd89aeff1705df3c499738a4076d
+ 67a511d19e0f2ead7e57850e0fa73f0932d329a9849d0aba48a03661c0d6737a"
+
+post_extract() {
+	for p in debian/patches/*.patch; do
+		patch -d $build_wrksrc -Np1 <$p
+	done
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin xrootconsole
+	vman xrootconsole.1
+}