diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsl-devel b/srcpkgs/gsl-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/gsl-devel
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+gls
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsl/depends b/srcpkgs/gsl/depends
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+abi_depends=">=1.15"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsl/gsl-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gsl/gsl-devel.template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/gsl/gsl-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'gsl-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/{include,share} ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsl/template b/srcpkgs/gsl/template
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+# Template file for 'gsl'
+pkgname=gsl
+version=1.15
+distfiles="$GNU_SITE/gsl/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers"
+maintainer="Mike Rosset <mike.rosset@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/gsl.html"
+license="GPL-2"
+checksum=85b907e57902e2b7606ef3aef960302ffdd13bd9dc5b8fcbfa75e4f0bf340ea3
+long_desc="
+ The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random
+ number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting. There are
+ over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc