diff --git a/srcpkgs/trn/files/Policy.sh b/srcpkgs/trn/files/Policy.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  This file was produced by running the Policy_sh.SH script, which
+#  gets its values from config.sh, which is generally produced by
+#  running Configure.
+# 
+# login name of the person who configured trn (not particularly interesting).
+cf_by='chris'
+# time of configuration (not particularly interesting).
+cf_time='Sat Jul 12 18:45:04 CEST 2014'
+
+#		install directives.
+
+#	The base of all our install directives
+prefix='/usr'
+#		bin directories (string values)
+#	name of the final resting place
+bin='/usr/bin'
+#	how to get to the final resting place (thank you, AFS)
+installbin='/usr/bin'
+
+#		private libraries
+#	name of the final resting place for those items in the library
+#	directory (string value)
+privlib='/usr/lib/trn'
+#	How to get to the library final resting place (thanks, AFS)
+installprivlib='/usr/lib/trn'
+
+#	interesting questions about man
+# 	where do man page sources go?
+mansrc='/usr/share/man/man1'
+#	what extention do man pages get?
+manext='1'
+
+#		path to assorted programs that we might want to override.
+#	name of the default editor.  (string value)
+defeditor='/usr/bin/vi'
+#	prefered user shell (string value)
+prefshell='/bin/sh'
+#	favorite local pager (string value)
+pager='/usr/bin/less'
+# where is inews?  (string value)
+d_inews='define'
+installinews='/usr/bin'
+useinews='/usr/bin/inews'
+extrainews=''
+#	path to interactive speller or "none" (string value)
+ispell_prg='none'
+#	spelling options for ispell_prg or "spell" if "none" (string value)
+ispell_options=''
+
+#		internal options
+#	ignore the ORGANIZATION environment variable? (define/undef)
+d_ignoreorg='undef'
+#	does the mailer understand FQDN addressing? (define/undef)
+d_internet='define'
+#	do you have a news admin? (define/undef)
+d_newsadm='undef'
+#	name of the news admin? (string value)
+newsadmin='root'
+#	read via NNTP? (define/undef)
+d_nntp='define'
+#	use the XDATA NNTP extension? (define/undef)
+d_xdata=''
+#	path to a file containing a server name, or a hostname (string value)
+servername='no default'
+
+#	distribution names (string values)
+# local city
+citydist='none'
+# "local" country
+cntrydist='none'
+# "local" continent
+contdist='none'
+# site distribution
+locdist='none'
+# organizational distribution
+orgdist='none'
+# state/province distribution name
+statedist='none'
+# multistate region distribution name
+multistatedist='none'
+
+#		Naming information.
+#	password file contains names (define/undef)
+d_passnames='define'
+#	berkeley style password entries (name first in GCOS) (define/undef)
+d_berknames='define'
+#	USG style password entries (account number first in GCOS)
+#	(define/undef)
+d_usgnames='undef'
+#	what type of name to use.. (bsd/usg/other)
+nametype='bsd'
+
+#	How portable do we want to be? Determines if we do lookups now
+#	or wait until run time.  (define/undef)
+d_portable='undef'
+
+#		news library information
+#	where is the news library (usually /usr/lib/news) may contain ~<usrname>
+newslib='/tmp'
+#	absolute path name to /usr/lib/news.
+newslibexp='/tmp'
+#	where is the news spool (usually /{var,usr}/spool/news)
+newsspool='none'
+#	active file stuff, like where is it, what is its name, etc
+#	path to the active file. (string value)
+active='remote'
+#	do we have an active.times file? (define/undef)
+d_acttimes='define'
+#	path to the active.times file. (string value)
+acttimes='remote'
+#	organizations name. path to file, or constant string
+orgname='/etc/organization'
+
+#	only one of the two following is needed
+#	command to find the posting hosts name (string value, optional)
+phostcmd='hostname'
+#	file containing posting hosts name or constant string
+#				(string value, optional)
+#
+phost='.'
+
+#	what should we use? mthreads or overview
+#	use the mthreads format? (define/undef)
+d_usemt=''
+#	where do we find the thread files? (string value)
+threaddir='remote'
+#	use the overview format? (define/undef)
+d_useov=''
+#	where do we find the .overview fils? (string value)
+overviewdir='remote'
+
+#	trn start up options
+trn_init='FALSE'
+#	start up with the selector? 
+trn_select='TRUE'
+
+# Added for Void Linux
+hint='previous'
+d_genauth='define'
+cc="$CC"
+ccflags="$CFLAGS -DINET6"
+optimize=""
+ldflags="$LDFLAGS"
+mailer='/usr/bin/sendmail'
+mailfile='/var/mail/%L'
+mailcap='/etc/mailcap'
+usenm='false'
+locincpth=''
+loclibpth=''
diff --git a/srcpkgs/trn/template b/srcpkgs/trn/template
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+# Template file for 'trn'
+pkgname=trn
+version=4.0test77
+revision=1
+wrksrc=$pkgname-${version/test/-test}
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="groff bison"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+depends="smtp-server"
+short_desc="Text-based threaded Usenet newsreader"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="custom"
+homepage="http://trn.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}4/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9ab0430244903ad86ed74fcc2fdc39dc043d23968888e071313050a967b8a6ff
+
+do_configure() {
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/Policy.sh .
+	./Configure -OdErs
+	./Configure -desS
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make install \
+		rnbin=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin \
+		rnlib=${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/trn \
+		inewsbin=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin \
+		mansrc=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+