diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtar/depends b/srcpkgs/libtar/depends
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+++ b/srcpkgs/libtar/depends
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+abi_depends=">=1.2.11"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtar/libtar-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libtar/libtar-devel.template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/libtar/libtar-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libtar-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (Development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run zlib-devel
+Add_dependency run libtar
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtar/template b/srcpkgs/libtar/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/libtar/template
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+# Template file for 'libtar'
+pkgname=libtar
+version=1.2.11
+build_style=gnu-configure
+homepage="http://www.feep.net/libtar/"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.feep.net/pub/software/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+short_desc="tar file manipulation API"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="BSD"
+checksum=4a2eefb6b7088f41de57356e5059cbf1f917509b4a810f7c614625a378e87bb8
+long_desc="
+ libtar is a C library for manipulating POSIX tar files. It handles adding and
+ extracting files to/from a tar archive."
+
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run zlib
+
+Add_dependency build zlib-devel