diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmonad/template b/srcpkgs/xmonad/template
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+# Template file for 'xmonad'
+pkgname=xmonad
+version=0.13
+revision=1
+build_style=haskell-stack
+stackage=lts-11.17
+makedepends="libX11-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel"
+short_desc="A tiling window manager fully configurable in Haskell"
+maintainer="xaltsc <xaltsc@protonmail.ch>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://xmonad.org"
+distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f9f81b63569f18c777a939741024ec3ae34e4ec84015e5cc50f6622034a303ca
+nopie_files="/usr/bin/xmonad"
+nocross=yes
+
+post_install() {
+	    vman man/xmonad.1
+	    vlicense LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmonad/update b/srcpkgs/xmonad/update
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+site=http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad
+pattern="Readme for xmonad-\K[\d\.]+"