diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir-devel b/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir-devel
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+libxdg-basedir
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir/depends b/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir/depends
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+abi_depends=">=1.1.1"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir/libxdg-basedir-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir/libxdg-basedir-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libxdg-basedir-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (Development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/include usr
+        vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir/template b/srcpkgs/libxdg-basedir/template
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+# Template file for 'libxdg-basedir'
+pkgname=libxdg-basedir
+version=1.1.1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+homepage="http://n.ethz.ch/student/nevillm/download/libxdg-basedir"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+short_desc="Implementation of the XDG Base Directory Specifications"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="MIT"
+checksum=2855b44619dc8d43ba7df995e538bf383f53b4276a26c7c26b7ec03c7b9be0ac
+long_desc="
+ Implementation of the XDG Base Directory Specifications"
+
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc