diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower0-devel b/srcpkgs/upower0-devel
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+upower0
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower0/template b/srcpkgs/upower0/template
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+# Template file for 'upower0'
+pkgname=upower0
+version=0.9.23
+revision=1
+wrksrc="upower-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-backend=linux --without-idevice --with-udevrulesdir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool libxslt docbook-xsl"
+makedepends="libusb-devel libgudev-devel dbus-glib-devel polkit-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/UPower/UPower.conf"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/upower 0755 root root"
+short_desc="Abstraction for enumerating power devices"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://upower.freedesktop.org"
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/upower-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=433252b0a8e9ab4bed7e17ee3ee5b7cef6d527b1f5401ee32212d82a9682981b
+
+provides="upower-${version}_${revision}"
+replaces="upower>=0"
+
+# Package build options
+build_options="gir"
+# Disable gir for cross builds.
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="gir systemd"
+fi
+
+if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --enable-introspection"
+	hostmakedepends+=" gobject-introspection"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --disable-introspection"
+fi
+
+upower0-devel_package() {
+	provides="upower-devel-${version}_${revision}"
+	replaces="upower-devel>=0"
+	depends="dbus-glib-devel upower0>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}