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+libevent
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diff --git a/templates/libevent/devel.template b/templates/libevent/devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libevent-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libevent
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man3 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+}
diff --git a/templates/libevent/template b/templates/libevent/template
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+# Template file for 'libevent'
+pkgname=libevent
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
+version=1.4.9
+wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
+distfiles="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+make_install_target="DESTDIR=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version install"
+short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=f5c72e07db5554e9c888dda6a5f7feb86f266e98ffa3f7cdb1e66b030d1d2cbf
+long_desc="
+ The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
+ when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout
+ has been reached. libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event
+ loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs
+ to call event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically
+ without having to change the event loop."
+
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency full glibc