diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdaemon-devel b/srcpkgs/libdaemon-devel
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+libdaemon
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdaemon/depends b/srcpkgs/libdaemon/depends
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+abi_depends=">=0.14"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdaemon/libdaemon-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libdaemon/libdaemon-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libdaemon-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libdaemon
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdaemon/template b/srcpkgs/libdaemon/template
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+# Template file for 'libdaemon'
+pkgname=libdaemon
+version=0.14
+distfiles="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--localstatedir=/var --disable-lynx"
+short_desc="Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemons"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=fd23eb5f6f986dcc7e708307355ba3289abe03cc381fc47a80bca4a50aa6b834
+long_desc="
+ It consists of the following parts:
+
+ * A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure
+   of a process.
+ * A wrapper around syslog() for simpler and compatible log output to Syslog
+   or STDERR.
+ * An API for writing PID files.
+ * An API for serializing UNIX signals into a pipe for usage with select()
+   or poll().
+ * An API for running subprocesses with STDOUT and STDERR redirected to syslog.
+
+ APIs like these are used in most daemon software available. It is not that
+ simple to get it done right and code duplication is not a goal."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency build glibc-devel