diff --git a/srcpkgs/bzip3-devel b/srcpkgs/bzip3-devel
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+bzip3
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/bzip3/template b/srcpkgs/bzip3/template
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+# Template file for 'bzip3'
+pkgname=bzip3
+version=1.1.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Better and stronger spiritual successor to bzip2"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3"
+#changelog=""
+distfiles="https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/releases/download/${version}/bzip3-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=9ee90e5b07a81e581515a89e263917f1738d8d28dbec05b3ded4524c79977c3c
+
+bzip3-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}