diff --git a/srcpkgs/tinyproxy/files/tinyproxy/run b/srcpkgs/tinyproxy/files/tinyproxy/run
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+++ b/srcpkgs/tinyproxy/files/tinyproxy/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+install -d -m 0755 -o _tinyproxy -g _tinyproxy \
+	/var/log/tinyproxy /var/run/tinyproxy
+exec chpst -1 tinyproxy ${OPTS:=-d -c /etc/tinyproxy.conf}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tinyproxy/template b/srcpkgs/tinyproxy/template
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+# Template file for 'tinyproxy'
+pkgname=tinyproxy
+version=1.8.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc"
+short_desc="Small, efficient HTTP/SSL proxy daemon"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <g@s01.de>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://tinyproxy.github.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/tinyproxy/$pkgname/releases/download/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=a41f4ddf0243fc517469cf444c8400e1d2edc909794acda7839f1d644e8a5000
+configure_args="--enable-transparent --localstatedir=/var tinyproxy_cv_regex_broken=no"
+system_accounts="_tinyproxy"
+
+post_install() {
+	sed -i $DESTDIR/etc/tinyproxy.conf \
+		-e 's/^User .*/User _tinyproxy/' \
+		-e 's/^Group .*/Group _tinyproxy/'
+	vsv tinyproxy
+}