diff --git a/community/mksh/PKGBUILD b/community/mksh/PKGBUILD
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+# $Id: PKGBUILD 85891 2013-03-08 15:20:48Z ttoepper $
+# Maintainer: Thorsten Töpper <atsutane-tu@freethoughts.de>
+# Contributor: Daniel Hommel <dhommel@gmail.com>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - commented test.sh - breaks in chroot
+
+pkgname=mksh
+pkgver=R44
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='The MirBSD Korn Shell - an enhanced version of the public domain ksh'
+url='https://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm'
+license=('custom')
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+install=mksh.install
+source=("https://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/mksh/$pkgname-$pkgver.tgz"
+        'https://www.mirbsd.org/TaC-mksh.txt')
+depends=('gcc-libs')
+md5sums=('fe011686319a8c50d5e237fd5e195fd8'
+         'bd05936e20d699df5d47e4ad6223c9d4')
+
+build() {
+  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
+
+  sh Build.sh -r -c lto
+  #./test.sh
+  gzip -n9 mksh.1
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
+  install -D -m 755 mksh "$pkgdir/bin/mksh"
+  install -D -m 644 mksh.1.gz "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/mksh.1.gz"
+  install -D -m 644 dot.mkshrc "$pkgdir/etc/skel/.mkshrc"
+  install -D -m 644 "$srcdir/TaC-mksh.txt" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/mksh/TaC-mksh.txt"
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/community/mksh/mksh.install b/community/mksh/mksh.install
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+post_install() {
+  grep -x /bin/mksh /etc/shells >/dev/null || echo /bin/mksh >>/etc/shells
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+		  post_install $1
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+  sed -i "/^\/bin\/mksh$/d" /etc/shells
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: