diff --git a/srcpkgs/discount-devel b/srcpkgs/discount-devel
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+discount/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/discount/template b/srcpkgs/discount/template
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+# Template file for 'discount'
+pkgname=discount
+version=2.1.8
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+configure_script="./configure.sh"
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
+short_desc="C implementation of John Gruber's Markdown"
+maintainer="necrophcodr <necrophcodr@necrophcodr.me>"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
+homepage="http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=db9742460c4f33cf417ef794c8e41605f8fc498697c181aa2835f6944aba7137
+
+discount-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib
+	}
+}