diff --git a/srcpkgs/compute/patches/no_help2man_regeneration.patch b/srcpkgs/compute/patches/no_help2man_regeneration.patch
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index 0000000000..356af3b278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/compute/patches/no_help2man_regeneration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- Makefile.in     2016-04-15 19:56:08.257716796 -0400
++++ Makefile.in     2016-04-15 19:56:03.663451813 -0400
+@@ -3088,12 +3088,6 @@
+    uninstall-local uninstall-man uninstall-man1
+
+
+-compute.1: compute
+-   PATH='$(abs_top_builddir)$(PATH_SEPARATOR)'$$PATH \
+-      $(abs_top_srcdir)/man/help2man --include=$(top_srcdir)/man/compute.x compute -o $@-t
+-   chmod u=rw,go=r $@-t
+-   mv -f $@-t $@
+-
+ # Verify that all source files using _() are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
+ # The idea is to run this before making pretests, as well as official
+ # releases, so that translators will be sure to have all the messages.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/compute/template b/srcpkgs/compute/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/compute/template
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Template file for 'compute'
+pkgname="compute"
+version="1.0.4"
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="A command-line program that performs simple calculations on input files"
+maintainer="oliver <ohemming@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://compute.teamerlich.org/"
+hostmakedepends="gperf perl"
+distfiles="https://github.com/agordon/compute/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="cd0d09b2d7526fef34eb3f09e5b9d36e1346b093028fe981ef400ac065c7abbb"