diff --git a/phylobayes-mpi/PKGBUILD b/phylobayes-mpi/PKGBUILD
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+++ b/phylobayes-mpi/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Christian Krause ("wookietreiber") <kizkizzbangbang@googlemail.com>
+
+_pkgname=phylobayes
+pkgname=$_pkgname-mpi
+pkgver=1.8c
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="phylogenetic reconstruction using infinite mixtures"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="https://github.com/bayesiancook/pbmpi"
+license=('GPL2')
+conflicts=('phylobayes')
+depends=('openmpi')
+source=("https://codeload.github.com/bayesiancook/pbmpi/tar.gz/refs/tags/v${pkgver}")
+md5sums=('9ee847859fafcdcf203eddc458c25e8a')
+
+build() {
+  cd $srcdir/pbmpi-$pkgver/sources
+
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd $srcdir/pbmpi-$pkgver/data
+
+  mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/bin
+
+  find -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf '%P\n' | while read file ; do
+    cp $file $pkgdir/usr/bin
+  done
+}
diff --git a/phylobayes-mpi/lilac.py b/phylobayes-mpi/lilac.py
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+++ b/phylobayes-mpi/lilac.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from lilaclib import *
+
+def pre_build():
+  update_pkgver_and_pkgrel(_G.newver.lstrip('v'))
+
+def post_build():
+  git_add_files('PKGBUILD')
+  git_commit()
diff --git a/phylobayes-mpi/lilac.yaml b/phylobayes-mpi/lilac.yaml
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+++ b/phylobayes-mpi/lilac.yaml
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+build_prefix: multilib
+maintainers:
+  - github: starsareintherose
+    email: starsareintherose@outlook.com
+update_on:
+  - source: github
+    github: bayesiancook/pbmpi
+    use_latest_release: true