diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs-devel b/srcpkgs/libguestfs-devel
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+libguestfs
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/files/update-libguestfs-appliance b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/files/update-libguestfs-appliance
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# update-guestfs-appliance: download and install a guestfs binary appliance
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Nikos Skalkotos <skalkoto@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+VERSION=1.32.0
+SHA512SUM="202d0dde45612f9ef45cdb73cd4aeba6c75dcd52790e7f156b2ff404616887af4019e5bd061e3c6607f4f96ac136132c31d180dda31a71bfb31ade5da508b832"
+
+set -e
+umask 022
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "This script must be run as root" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo >&2
+echo "Downloading binary appliance v$VERSION for libguestfs ... " >&2
+echo >&2
+
+# Cache file to avoid redownloading it on a second run
+mkdir -p /var/cache/guestfs
+cd /var/cache/guestfs
+silent=
+if [ ! -t 1 ]; then
+    echo "Output is not a TTY, not outputting progress (be patient!)" >&2
+    silent=-nv
+fi
+wget $silent --continue -O appliance-${VERSION}.tar.xz \
+    http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/appliance/appliance-${VERSION}.tar.xz
+
+echo -n "Checking checksum ... " >&2
+echo "$SHA512SUM appliance-${VERSION}.tar.xz" | sha512sum -c
+
+echo >&2
+echo "Extracting binary appliance files to /usr/lib/guestfs:" >&2
+tar -xvf appliance-${VERSION}.tar.xz -C /usr/lib/guestfs \
+    --no-same-owner --strip-components=1
+
+echo "Correcting permissions:" >&2
+chmod -v 644 "/usr/lib/guestfs/"{kernel,initrd,root,README.fixed}
+
+echo >&2
+echo "Binary appliance installation finished successfully!" >&2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
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+# Template file for 'libguestfs'
+pkgname=libguestfs
+version=1.33.46
+revision=1
+_version_short=${version%.*}
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --disable-probes --disable-appliance
+--disable-daemon --without-java --enable-introspection=no
+--disable-erlang --disable-haskell --disable-gobject --without-gtk
+$(vopt_enable ruby) $(vopt_enable python) $(vopt_enable go golang)
+$(vopt_enable php) $(vopt_enable lua)"
+hostmakedepends="cpio gperf cdrtools flex pkg-config automake libtool qemu git
+ocaml ocaml-findlib perl-Module-Build perl
+$(vopt_if ruby ruby) $(vopt_if python python) $(vopt_if go go) $(vopt_if php php) $(vopt_if lua lua)"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel pcre-devel augeas-devel libxml2-devel gettext-devel
+yajl-devel perl $(vopt_if ruby ruby-devel) $(vopt_if python python-devel)
+$(vopt_if php php-devel) $(vopt_if lua lua-devel)"
+short_desc="Access and modify virtual machine disk image"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://libguestfs.org"
+distfiles="http://libguestfs.org/download/$_version_short-development/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=1ffad08469aae6efd118018616400d15bf6416a665573cad56065bc55dc5af99
+
+conf_files="etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
+etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.conf
+etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.gpg"
+
+nopie=yes
+nocross=yes
+
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+
+build_options="ruby python go php lua"
+build_options_default="ruby"
+desc_option_ruby="include ruby support"
+desc_option_go="include golang support"
+desc_option_php="include php support"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i 's|LD = @LD@|LD = cc|g' perl/Makefile.in
+	vbin ${FILESDIR}/update-libguestfs-appliance
+}
+
+libguestfs-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}