diff --git a/libattr/.footprint b/libattr/.footprint
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+++ b/libattr/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/attr/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/attr/attributes.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/attr/error_context.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/attr/libattr.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/attr/xattr.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libattr.a
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libattr.la
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libattr.so -> /usr/lib/libattr.so.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libattr.so.1 -> libattr.so.1.1.0
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man3/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_get.3.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_getf.3.gz -> attr_get.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_list.3.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_listf.3.gz -> attr_list.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_multi.3.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_multif.3.gz -> attr_multi.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_remove.3.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_removef.3.gz -> attr_remove.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_set.3.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/man/man3/attr_setf.3.gz -> attr_set.3.gz
diff --git a/libattr/.md5sum b/libattr/.md5sum
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+++ b/libattr/.md5sum
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+6015feba42b18307de90bb6be9909f7d  attr_2.4.39-1.tar.gz
diff --git a/libattr/Pkgfile b/libattr/Pkgfile
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+++ b/libattr/Pkgfile
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+# Description: Extented attributes library
+# URL: http://acl.bestbits.at/
+# Maintainer: Antti Nykanen, aon at iki dot fi
+# Depends on:
+
+name=libattr
+version=2.4.39-1
+release=1
+source=(ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/attr_${version}.tar.gz)
+
+build() {
+	cd attr-${version%-1}
+	./configure --prefix=$PKG/usr --libexecdir=$PKG/usr/lib
+	make
+	make install-lib
+	make install-dev
+
+	rm $PKG/usr/lib/libattr.so
+	ln -s /usr/lib/libattr.so.1 $PKG/usr/lib/libattr.so
+
+	# category 2 manuals are included in core/man-pages
+	rm -rf $PKG/usr/man/man2
+}