diff --git a/srcpkgs/swars/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/swars/INSTALL.msg
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+This package needs the original data files located in /opt/swars;
+copy them to that location to make swars work.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/swars/template b/srcpkgs/swars/template
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+# Template file for 'swars'
+#
+#   limited to x86 (32bit)
+only_for_archs="i686"
+lib32mode="full"
+
+pkgname=swars
+version=0.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-data-path=/opt/swars/"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="SDL-devel zlib-devel libopenal-devel libpng-devel libvorbis-devel"
+depends="vorbis-tools cdparanoia"
+short_desc="A SDL port of the 1996 DOS game Syndicate Wars"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://swars.vexillium.org/"
+distfiles="http://swars.vexillium.org/files/swars-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=01f44e5b792d41b138d361d04810a875cfa5f897c642a2b13d0dde633fabdacb
+
+post_install() {
+	# remove useless files
+	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
+}