diff --git a/srcpkgs/cdecl/template b/srcpkgs/cdecl/template
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+# Template file for 'cdecl'
+pkgname=cdecl
+version=2.5
+revision=1
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-blocks-${version}
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="LIBS=-lreadline"
+hostmakedepends="flex"
+makedepends="readline-devel"
+short_desc="Compose C and C++ type declarations"
+maintainer="beefcurtains <beefcurtains@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://${pkgname}.org/"
+distfiles="${homepage}files/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9ee6402be7e4f5bb5e6ee60c6b9ea3862935bf070e6cecd0ab0842305406f3ac
+CFLAGS="-DUSE_READLINE"
+
+pre_build() {
+	flex -l -o cdlex.c cdlex.l
+	sed -i 's/getline/cdgetline/' cdecl.c
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin c++decl
+	vbin cdecl
+	vman cdecl.1
+	vman c++decl.1
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cdecl/update b/srcpkgs/cdecl/update
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+pattern="${pkgname}-blocks-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)"