diff --git a/srcpkgs/libv8-3.16 b/srcpkgs/libv8-3.16
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+v8-3.16
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/v8-3.16-devel b/srcpkgs/v8-3.16-devel
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+v8-3.16
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/v8-3.16/patches/v8.common.gypi.patch b/srcpkgs/v8-3.16/patches/v8.common.gypi.patch
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index 00000000000..66c06634b3e
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+++ b/srcpkgs/v8-3.16/patches/v8.common.gypi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- build/common.gypi	2012-09-12 21:23:54.000000000 -0400
++++ build/common.gypi	2012-09-12 21:35:57.000000000 -0400
+@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
+           [ 'v8_use_arm_eabi_hardfloat=="true"', {
+             'defines': [
+               'USE_EABI_HARDFLOAT=1',
+-              'CAN_USE_VFP2_INSTRUCTIONS',
+             ],
+             'target_conditions': [
+               ['_toolset=="target"', {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/v8-3.16/template b/srcpkgs/v8-3.16/template
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+# Template file for 'v8'
+pkgname=v8-3.16
+_sonamever="3.16"
+version=${_sonamever}.8.1
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="which python"
+makedepends="readline-devel>=6.3"
+short_desc="V8 JavaScript Engine (v3.16)"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/v8/"
+license="BSD"
+conflicts="v8>=3.20"
+distfiles="http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/v8-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=b99ffa913e8f00b8fdb3b58cadf2addbbf60549a5be8d12a6c0b7095a36ac7e0
+wrksrc="v8-$version"
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+	x86_64) _target="x64";;
+	i686) _target="ia32";;
+	arm*) _target="arm"; _opts="hardfp=on";;
+	*) msg_error "$pkgver: unknown target architecture!\n" ;;
+esac
+
+do_build() {
+	if [ $_target = 'arm' ]; then
+		sed -e "s/m32flag':.*/m32flag':'',/" -i build/common.gypi
+	fi
+
+	LINK=${CXX} make ${makejobs} ${_target} $_opts i18nsupport=off \
+		werror=no library=shared soname_version=${_sonamever} \
+		console=readline disassembler=on snapshot=off \
+		CXX.host=${CXX} CXX.link=${CXX} LINK.target=${CXX} \
+		BUILTYPE=Release
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall out/$_target.release/d8 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall out/$_target.release/lib.target/libv8.so.${_sonamever} 755 usr/lib
+
+	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		vinstall out/$_target.release/mksnapshot 755 usr/bin mksnapshot
+	fi
+
+	vmkdir usr/include
+	vcopy 'include/v8*.h' usr/include
+
+	ln -sfr ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libv8.so.${_sonamever} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libv8.so
+}
+
+v8-3.16-devel_package() {
+	depends="libv8-3.16-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	conflicts="v8-devel>=3.20"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/libv8.so
+	}
+}
+
+libv8-3.16_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
+	conflicts=""
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/libv8.so.${_sonamever}
+	}
+}