diff --git a/srcpkgs/gettext-stub-devel b/srcpkgs/gettext-stub-devel
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+gettext-stub/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gettext-stub/template b/srcpkgs/gettext-stub/template
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+# Template file for 'gettext-stub'
+pkgname=gettext-stub
+version=1
+revision=1
+wrksrc=${pkgname}
+build_pie=yes
+short_desc="Gettext little stub"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="WTFPL"
+homepage="http://penma.de/code/${pkgname}/"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=04af6ee6720c9a90b51f9e420e1b2e75e3ddaba23a30263bf6e10739d8e8f994
+
+provides="gettext-libs-${version}_${revision} gettext-${version}_${revision}"
+replaces="gettext-libs>0 gettext>0"
+shlib_provides="libintl.so.8"
+
+do_build() {
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -shared ${LDFLAGS} -o libintl.so libintl-stub.c
+}
+do_install() {
+	vinstall libintl.so 644 usr/lib libintl.so.8
+	ln -s /usr/lib/libintl.so.8 $PKGDESTDIR/usr/lib/libintl.so
+	vinstall libintl-stub.h 644 usr/include
+	vbin msgfmt
+}
+
+gettext-stub-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	provides="gettext-devel-${version}_${revision}"
+	replaces="gettext-devel>0"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}