diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-portend/template b/srcpkgs/python-portend/template
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+# Template file for 'python-portend'
+pkgname=python-portend
+version=1.8
+revision=1
+wrksrc=${pkgname/python-//}-${version}
+build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python python-setuptools python3 python3-setuptools"
+depends=python-tempora
+short_desc="TCP port monitoring utilities"
+maintainer="Michael Aldridge <aldridge.mac@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/jaraco/portend"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/portend/portend-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7de919b82c4ac60d4768fe80a2557290661aa665b7c427de6249d8cb2fde5561
+
+python3-portend_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-portend b/srcpkgs/python3-portend
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+python-portend
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