diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta b/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta
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+xbps-beta
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta-devel b/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta-devel
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+xbps-beta
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/INSTALL
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+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	chown root:xbuilder usr/bin/xbps-uchroot
+	chmod 4750 usr/bin/xbps-uchroot
+
+	if [ -d usr/sbin -a ! -L /usr/sbin ]; then
+		for f in usr/bin/xbps-*; do
+			ln -sr $f usr/sbin/$(basename $f)
+		done
+	fi
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/template
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+# Template file for 'xbps-beta'
+pkgname=xbps-beta
+version=0.51.90
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+homepage="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps"
+license="2-clause-BSD"
+distfiles="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=5e768a708843afc8cd2218465868235acfd978428188e0e156a46bc07f3f3f0c
+wrksrc=xbps-${version}
+provides="xbps-${version}_${revision}"
+replaces="xbps>=0"
+
+CFLAGS="-Wno-error"
+
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libarchive-devel"
+depends="ca-certificates xbps-triggers libxbps-beta>=$version"
+
+# xbps needs symbols from glibc-2.22
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl) : ;;
+	*) depends+=" glibc>=2.22" ;;
+esac
+
+do_configure() {
+	HAVE_VASPRINTF=1 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-debug \
+		--bindir=/usr/bin
+}
+post_install() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	aarch64*) # XXX different repo location
+		echo "repository=https://repo.voidlinux.eu/current/aarch64" > \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
+		;;
+	*-musl) # XXX different repo location
+		echo "repository=https://repo.voidlinux.eu/current/musl" > \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "repository=https://repo.voidlinux.eu/current" > \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
+		;;
+	esac
+	vmkdir etc/xbps.d
+	touch ${DESTDIR}/etc/xbps.d/.empty
+}
+
+libxbps-beta_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
+	provides="libxbps-${version}_${revision}"
+	replaces="libxbps>=0"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+	}
+}
+libxbps-beta-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime library (development files)"
+	depends="zlib-devel libarchive-devel libxbps-beta>=${version}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}