diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng12-devel b/srcpkgs/libpng12-devel
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+libpng12
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng12/template b/srcpkgs/libpng12/template
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+# Template build file for 'libpng12'.
+pkgname=libpng12
+version=1.2.56
+revision=1
+wrksrc=libpng-${version}
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Library for manipulating PNG images, compatibility package"
+maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
+homepage="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html"
+license="zlib"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng12/libpng-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=24ce54581468b937734a6ecc86f7e121bc46a90d76a0d948dca08f32ee000dbe
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.la
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+libpng12-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} libpng12>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/bin/libpng*-config"
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng12/update b/srcpkgs/libpng12/update
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+ignore="*beta*"