diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/conf b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/conf
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+++ b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/conf
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+# Miminum memory that the system should have for preload to be launched.
+# In megabytes.
+MIN_MEMORY="256"
+
+# Command-line arguments to pass to the daemon.  Read preload(8) man page
+# for available options.
+OPTS="--verbose 1 -l ''"
+
+# Option to call ionice with.  Leave empty to skip ionice.
+IONICE_OPTS="-c3"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/log/run b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/log/run
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+++ b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/rsvlog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run
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+++ b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+[ -r conf ] && . conf
+MIN_MEMORY=${MIN_MEMORY:-256}
+free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {exit ($2 >= ('"$MIN_MEMORY"'))?0:1}' || exit 0
+
+if [ -n "$IONICE_OPTS" ]; then
+	if [ -x "$IONICE" ]; then
+		RUNNER="$IONICE $IONICE_OPTS"
+	else
+		echo "ionice not found, running with normal io priority" 1>&2
+	fi
+fi
+
+exec $RUNNER preload $OPTS -f 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/template b/srcpkgs/preload/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/preload/template
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+# Template file for 'preload'
+pkgname=preload
+version=0.6.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="help2man pkg-config"
+makedepends="libglib-devel"
+depends="sv-helper"
+short_desc="An adaptive readahead daemon"
+maintainer="bougyman <bougyman@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/preload"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d0a558e83cb29a51d9d96736ef39f4b4e55e43a589ad1aec594a048ca22f816b
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -rf etc/rc.d
+	rm -rf etc/logrotate.d
+	rm -rf etc/sysconfig
+	rm -rf var/log
+	vsv preload
+}