diff --git a/srcpkgs/pari-nftables/template b/srcpkgs/pari-nftables/template
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+# Template file for 'pari-nftables'
+pkgname=pari-nftables
+version=20080929
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+short_desc="PARI/GP megrez number field tables"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/packages.html"
+distfiles="https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/packages/${pkgname#pari-}.tgz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8dd3393ce6b3cfcf599f094f7b22bdffe17c3ba25deb912513d54676bd7cfe92
+
+do_build() {
+	# compressed data files work ok (install-size: 35M -> 8M)
+	find . -type f -size +4k -print0 | xargs -0 gzip -9
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/pari
+	vcopy "*" usr/share/pari
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pari-nftables/update b/srcpkgs/pari-nftables/update
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+site="http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/packages/"
+pattern="href=\"${pkgname#pari-}.t(ar|gz)\".*\K\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d(?= \d\d:\d\d )"
+version=${version:0:4}.${version:4:2}.${version:6:2}