diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsoap-devel b/srcpkgs/gsoap-devel
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+gsoap
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsoap/template b/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
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+# Template file for 'gsoap'
+pkgname=gsoap
+version=2.8.21
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="unzip flex"
+makedepends="libressl-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Toolkit for SOAP and REST Web Services and XML-Based Applications"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gsoap2/gsoap_${version}.zip"
+checksum=ddda90866288c7c3d50851b276bfa12e0ef2d4af6d280719aad94b1da0ea109a
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version%.*}"
+disable_parallel_build=yes
+
+gsoap-devel_package() {
+	depends="gsoap>=${version}_${revision} $makedepends"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/share"
+	}
+}