diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgsm-devel b/srcpkgs/libgsm-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/libgsm-devel
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+libgsm
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgsm/libgsm-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libgsm/libgsm-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libgsm-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - Development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libgsm
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	mv ${wrksrc}/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+        mv ${wrksrc}/inc ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgsm/template b/srcpkgs/libgsm/template
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+# Template file for 'libgsm'
+pkgname=libgsm
+version=1.0.13
+homepage="http://www.quut.com/gsm/"
+distfiles="http://libgsm.sourcearchive.com/downloads/${version}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
+short_desc="GSM 06.10 lossy speech compression"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="BSD-style"
+checksum=52c518244d428c2e56c543b98c9135f4a76ff780c32455580b793f60a0a092ad
+long_desc="
+ GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) is a cellular phone system
+ standard popular outside the USA.
+
+ GSM includes a codec, often just referred to as the GSM when discussing
+ codecs."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+
+wrksrc=gsm-1.0-pl13
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+
+do_build()
+{
+	make ${makejobs}
+	gcc -shared -o ${wrksrc}/lib/libgsm.so ${wrksrc}/lib/libgsm.a
+}
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmkdir usr
+	mv ${wrksrc}/bin ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${wrksrc}/lib/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}