diff --git a/srcpkgs/traceroute/template b/srcpkgs/traceroute/template
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+# Template file for 'traceroute'
+pkgname=traceroute
+version=2.0.18
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
+short_desc="traceroute(8) for linux"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://traceroute.sourceforge.net"
+distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=5994a88520927fefe3c9754aaf1e02b4d0f3f8fb1f521a68fa86215c3fcab9ef
+long_desc="
+ Traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to
+ a given host. It utilizes the IP protocol's time to live (TTL) field and
+ attempts to elicit an ICMP TIME_EXCEEDED response from each gateway along
+ the path to the host."
diff --git a/srcpkgs/traceroute/traceroute.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/traceroute/traceroute.rshlibs
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+libm.so.6
+libc.so.6