diff --git a/srcpkgs/metalog/template b/srcpkgs/metalog/template
index 30317af81b8..1e629f73dbb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/metalog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/metalog/template
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ short_desc="A modern replacement for syslogd and klogd"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://metalog.sourceforge.net/"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=0c3a1e19008b3d525eab6e5548a4e8cbb0fb235f2804dc41aace82c67ceeebe0
+broken="fseterr.c:77:3: error: #error Please port gnulib fseterr.c to your platform! Look at the definitions of ferror and clearerr on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
 
 post_install() {
 	vsv metalog