diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_net-devel b/srcpkgs/SDL_net-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_net-devel
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+SDL_net
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_net/SDL_net-devel.template b/srcpkgs/SDL_net/SDL_net-devel.template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_net/SDL_net-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'SDL_net-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run SDL-devel
+
+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/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_net/depends b/srcpkgs/SDL_net/depends
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_net/depends
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+abi_depends=">=1.2.7"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_net/template b/srcpkgs/SDL_net/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_net/template
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+# Template file for 'SDL_net'
+pkgname=SDL_net
+version=1.2.7
+distfiles="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/$pkgname/release/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Small sample cross-platform networking library for SDL"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=2ce7c84e62ff8117b9f205758bcce68ea603e08bc9d6936ded343735b8b77c53
+long_desc="
+ This is a small sample cross-platform networking library which is
+ supplementary to the SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) library."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run SDL
+Add_dependency build SDL-devel