diff --git a/srcpkgs/aalib-devel b/srcpkgs/aalib-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/aalib-devel
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+aalib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aalib/aalib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/aalib/aalib-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'aalib-devel'.
+#
+replaces="aalib-devel"
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/share/aclocal/
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aalib/template b/srcpkgs/aalib/template
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+# Template file for 'aalib'
+pkgname=aalib
+version=1.4rc4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+short_desc="portable ascii art GFX library"
+maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+homepage="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/"
+license="LGPL"
+distfiles="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/aa-project/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0b214b98850f559e0a9ef7282de2ff336b094e1aacedefff3ffa50f07711db58
+wrksrc=aalib-1.4.0