diff --git a/srcpkgs/cosmic-settings-daemon b/srcpkgs/cosmic-settings-daemon
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-COSMIC-Desktop
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/cosmic-settings-daemon/template b/srcpkgs/cosmic-settings-daemon/template
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+# Template file for 'cosmic-settings-daemon'
+pkgname=cosmic-settings-daemon
+version=1.0.0.alpha.1
+revision=1
+_tag=epoch-${version/.alpha/-alpha}
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="eudev-libudev-devel libinput-devel geoclue2-devel"
+depends="geoclue2"
+short_desc="TODO: cosmic-settings-daemon short_desc"
+maintainer="Daniel Martinez <danielmartinez@cock.li>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings-daemon"
+distfiles="https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings-daemon/archive/refs/tags/${_tag}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fd3921a4da8064508df264ab2f667670682aee8dbe3bfbe29687cf0689a45b4b
+
+export GEOCLUE_AGENT="/usr/libexec/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent"
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall data/system_actions.ron 0644 \
+		usr/share/cosmic/com.system76.CosmicSettings.Shortcuts/v1 system_actions
+
+	vinstall data/polkit-1/rules.d/cosmic-settings-daemon.rules 0644 \
+		usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
+}