diff --git a/templates/aspell-devel b/templates/aspell-devel
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+aspell
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diff --git a/templates/aspell/depends b/templates/aspell/depends
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+abi_depends=0.60
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/aspell/devel.template b/templates/aspell/devel.template
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+# Template file for 'aspell-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run aspell
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin/pspell-config ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/info/aspell-dev* \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
+	touch -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info/dir
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/pspell-config.1 \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+}
diff --git a/templates/aspell/template b/templates/aspell/template
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+# Template file for 'aspell'
+pkgname=aspell
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
+version=0.60.6
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--enable-compile-in-filters"
+short_desc="Spell checker with good multi-language support"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=4f5b1520e26cf6bbb1b5ca8a2f9f22948c3ca38ac4c2dd9e02df042fee7c0e36
+long_desc="
+ GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually
+ replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell
+ checker. Its main feature is that it does a much better job of coming up with
+ possible suggestions than just about any other spell checker out there for the
+ English language, including Ispell and Microsoft Word. It also has many other
+ technical enhancements over Ispell such as using shared memory for dictionaries
+ and intelligently handling personal dictionaries when more than one Aspell
+ process is open at once."
+
+# XXX Add missing ncursesw dependency.
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full ncurses
+Add_dependency full perl
+Add_dependency run  gcc-libstdc++