diff --git a/srcpkgs/bftpd/files/bftpd/run b/srcpkgs/bftpd/files/bftpd/run
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index 00000000000..a20f54a9338
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+++ b/srcpkgs/bftpd/files/bftpd/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+exec bftpd -D 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bftpd/files/sum b/srcpkgs/bftpd/files/sum
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bftpd/files/sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b805ebbdd3de993ca14d733ad9ad007ac342a1646b257d91a53ec87a36c7f741  download
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bftpd/template b/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
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+# Template file for 'bftpd'
+pkgname=bftpd
+version=4.4
+revision=1
+short_desc="A simple FTP server"
+maintainer="Norbert Vegh <vegh@norvegh.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://bftpd.sourceforge.net/"
+checksum=b805ebbdd3de993ca14d733ad9ad007ac342a1646b257d91a53ec87a36c7f741
+hostmakedepends="wget"
+
+do_fetch()
+{
+	rm -f download
+	wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bftpd/files/bftpd/bftpd-${version}/bftpd-${version}.tar.gz/download
+	if ! sha256sum -c $FILESDIR/sum; then
+		echo "INVALID CHECKSUM"
+		rm -f download
+		return -1
+	fi
+	tar xvfz download
+	rm download
+	mv bftpd bftpd-${version}
+}
+
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--mandir=/usr/share/man"
+
+post_install()
+{
+	vsv bftpd
+	vcopy bftpd.conf "etc"
+}