diff --git a/srcpkgs/pyorbit-devel b/srcpkgs/pyorbit-devel
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+pyorbit
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/pyorbit/pyorbit-devel.template b/srcpkgs/pyorbit/pyorbit-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'pyorbit-devel'.
+#
+depends="pyorbit"
+short_desc="${short_desc} (Development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/include usr
+        vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pyorbit/pyorbit.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/pyorbit/pyorbit.rshlibs
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+libORBit-imodule-2.so.0
+libORBit-2.so.0
+libIDL-2.so.0
+libgthread-2.0.so.0
+librt.so.1
+libgobject-2.0.so.0
+libglib-2.0.so.0
+libm.so.6
+libpthread.so.0
+libdl.so.2
+libutil.so.1
+libpython2.7.so.1.0
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pyorbit/template b/srcpkgs/pyorbit/template
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+# Template file for 'pyorbit'
+pkgname=pyorbit
+version=2.24.0
+revision=1
+homepage="http://www.pygtk.org"
+license="LGPL"
+distfiles="http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/${pkgname}/2.24/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+fulldepends="python"
+makedepends="python-devel ORBit2-devel ORBit2"
+short_desc="Python bindings for the ORBit2 CORBA ORB"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+checksum=8754669b8220aa1f151b920360029d5ea28c42bec55769059676725fe28397b8
+long_desc="
+ PyORBit is a binding for the ORBit2 CORBA ORB. It aims to be compatible with
+ the Python language mapping standard, implementing both the client side and
+ server side bindings.
+
+ PyORBit is capable of calling methods of in-process ORBit servers implemented
+ in C, and being called by C code."
+
+pycompile_module="pyorbit"
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"