diff --git a/srcpkgs/9base/files/plan9.sh b/srcpkgs/9base/files/plan9.sh
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+export PLAN9=/usr/lib/plan9
+export PATH=$PATH:$PLAN9/bin
diff --git a/srcpkgs/9base/template b/srcpkgs/9base/template
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+# Template file for '9base'
+pkgname=9base
+version=6.0.20160912
+revision=1
+_githash=de27e3fba58c3dd467c29ea9a1aea6f9e65a5299
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+# we use byacc instead of internal version
+hostmakedepends="byacc"
+short_desc="Revived minimalist port of Plan 9 userland to Unix"
+maintainer='Tai Chi Minh Ralph Eastwood <tcmreastwood@gmail.com>'
+license="custom"
+homepage="http://git.suckless.org/9base"
+distfiles="http://git.suckless.org/9base/snapshot/9base-${_githash}.tar.bz2"
+provides="plan9port-20160418_4"
+conflicts="plan9port"
+checksum=a6eda0673ee38fb9eb48921a7d6f0cfaa2012020dde81d10d7be5980e2af4e32
+wrksrc="9base-${_githash}"
+
+pre_build() {
+	# These are platform specific, but aarch64 and mips have their
+	# program counter in the same place; we'll just use the ARM
+	# implementation.
+	cp lib9/getcallerpc-arm.c lib9/getcallerpc-aarch64.c
+	cp lib9/getcallerpc-arm.c lib9/getcallerpc-mips.c
+
+	# config.mk has conflicting flags to the build-style; we enforce
+	# specific ones in config.mk to make sure they don't get changed
+	# in do_build.
+	sed -i 's|^PREFIX \+= /usr/local/plan9|override PREFIX = /usr/lib/plan9|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS \++=|override CFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE |g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS.*||g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^CC.*||g' config.mk
+	# Add rc to the AR flag as the 9base build-scripts require AR to
+	# be declared with the 'rc' argument.  However, AR can be
+	# different to 'ar' if declared differently within xbps e.g.
+	# gcc-ar which is necessary for link-time optimisation builds.
+	sed -i 's|^AR.*|override AR += rc|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^YACC \+=.*|YACC = byacc|g' config.mk
+
+	# This allows 9base's build-style know which getcallerpc
+	# implementation to use.
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686*)    sed -i 's|^OBJTYPE \+=.*|OBJTYPE = 386|g' config.mk ;;
+	x86_64*)  sed -i 's|^OBJTYPE \+=.*|OBJTYPE = x86_64|g' config.mk ;;
+	arm*)     sed -i 's|^OBJTYPE \+=.*|OBJTYPE = arm|g' config.mk ;;
+	aarch64*) sed -i 's|^OBJTYPE \+=.*|OBJTYPE = aarch64|g' config.mk ;;
+	mips*)    sed -i 's|^OBJTYPE \+=.*|OBJTYPE = mips|g' config.mk ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall $FILESDIR/plan9.sh 644 etc/profile.d
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}