diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcab-devel b/srcpkgs/gcab-devel
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+gcab
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcab/template b/srcpkgs/gcab/template
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+# Template file for 'gcab'
+pkgname=gcab
+version=0.7
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="glib-devel intltool pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel"
+short_desc="A GObject library to create cabinet files"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=a16e5ef88f1c547c6c8c05962f684ec127e078d302549f3dfd2291e167d4adef
+configure_args="--disable-gtk-doc"
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -r $DESTDIR/usr/share/gtk-doc
+}
+
+gcab-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} glib-devel"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}