diff --git a/srcpkgs/luaposix/luaposix.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/luaposix/luaposix.rshlibs
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+librt.so.1
+libcrypt.so.1
+libc.so.6
+libncursesw.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/luaposix/template b/srcpkgs/luaposix/template
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+# Template file for 'luaposix'
+pkgname=luaposix
+version=5.1.15
+homepage="http://luaforge.net/projects/luaposix/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/rrthomas/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib/lua/5.1 --datadir=/usr/share/lua/5.1"
+short_desc="A POSIX library for Lua programming language"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
+checksum=43a4be3279f42cbfcba6f9ae5218d786246203133d4a73806a53f53f95d6241c
+long_desc="
+ This is a POSIX library, including curses, for Lua 5.1 and later. It
+ is released under the MIT license, like Lua (see
+ http://www.lua.org/copyright.html; it's basically the same as the BSD
+ license). There is no warranty."
+
+Add_dependency run lua
+
+Add_dependency build perl ">=0" 
+Add_dependency build lua-devel
+
+post_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/$pkgname/examples
+	vcopy "*.lua" usr/share/$pkgname/examples
+}