diff --git a/mpfr/build.sh b/mpfr/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a generic build.sh script
+# It can be used nearly unmodified with many packages
+# 
+# build.sh helper functions
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/build.sh.functions
+#
+###########################################################
+# Check the following 4 variables before running the script
+topdir=mpfr
+version=2.3.1
+pkgver=1
+source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
+# If there are no patches, simply comment this
+#patch[0]=
+
+# Source function library
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/buildpkg.functions
+
+# Global settings
+export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
+
+reg prep
+prep()
+{
+    generic_prep
+}
+
+reg build
+build()
+{
+    generic_build
+}
+
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
+reg install
+install()
+{
+    generic_install DESTDIR
+    doc AUTHORS BUGS COPYING* FAQ.html NEWS TODO
+}
+
+reg pack
+pack()
+{
+    generic_pack
+}
+
+reg distclean
+distclean()
+{
+    clean distclean
+}
+
+###################################################
+# No need to look below here
+###################################################
+build_sh $*
diff --git a/mpfr/meta/pkgdef b/mpfr/meta/pkgdef
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+++ b/mpfr/meta/pkgdef
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+[mpfr]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}${topdir}"
+name="$topdir - MPFR library"
+pkgcat="system"
+pkgvendor="http://www.mpfr.org"
+pkgdesc="C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with exact rounding"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+default_docs
+$_libdir/*.so.*
+$_infodir
+
+[mpfr-devel]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}${topdir}d"
+name="${topdir}-devel - Development support for mpfr"
+pkgcat="system"
+pkgvendor="http://www.mpfr.org"
+pkgdesc="Files need for developing with mpfr"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+$_libdir/*.so
+$_libdir/*.a
+$_includedir
+
diff --git a/mpfr/meta/relnotes b/mpfr/meta/relnotes
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+++ b/mpfr/meta/relnotes
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+PACKAGE DETAILS
+---------------
+Name:	    %%PKGNAME%%
+Version:    %%SOURCE_AND_VER%%
+Vendor:	    %%VENDOR%%
+Packager:   %%PKGEDBY%%
+
+Source (sha1sum):
+%%SOURCE_SHA1SUM%%
+
+BUILD DETAILS
+-------------
+Compiler:
+%%COMPILER%%
+
+Environment:
+%%ENVIRONMENT%%
+
+Configure:
+%%CONFIGURE%%
+
+KNOWN DEPENDENCIES
+------------------
+%%DEPENDENCIES%%
+
+ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS
+--------------------