diff --git a/srcpkgs/elog/files/elogd/run b/srcpkgs/elog/files/elogd/run
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index 00000000000..b196a73b4ef
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+++ b/srcpkgs/elog/files/elogd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec chpst -u elog:elog /usr/bin/elogd -c /etc/elog/elogd.cfg
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elog/template b/srcpkgs/elog/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/elog/template
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+# Template file for 'elog'
+pkgname=elog
+version=3.1.4.1
+revision=1
+_distver="${version:0:-2}-${version:(-1)}"
+wrksrc="$pkgname-${version%.*}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+CFLAGS="-Imxml"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/elog/logbooks 0750 elog elog"
+conf_files="/etc/elog/elogd.cfg"
+system_accounts="elog"
+short_desc="Logbook system to manage notes through a Web interface"
+maintainer="Christian Poulwey <christian.poulwey@t-online.de>"
+makedepends="libressl-devel"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://elog.psi.ch/elog/"
+distfiles="https://elog.psi.ch/elog/download/tar/$pkgname-$_distver.tar.gz"
+checksum=4bfa2bef6cfa20aba73c9c6c044a4c83f20cf03e7de3c0dda4a4477f28b7b72e
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin	elog
+	vbin	elogd
+	vbin	elconv
+	vman	man/elog.1
+	vmkdir	usr/share/elog
+	vcopy	resources	usr/share/elog
+	vcopy	scripts		usr/share/elog
+	vcopy	themes		usr/share/elog
+	sed -i 	'/\[global\]/s/$/\nLogbook dir = \/var\/lib\/elog\/logbooks/' elogd.cfg
+	sed -i '/\[global\]/s/$/\nResource dir = \/usr\/share\/elog/' elogd.cfg
+	vmkdir	etc/elog
+	vinstall	elogd.cfg	0755	etc/elog
+	vsv	elogd
+}