diff --git a/system/xbacklight/README b/system/xbacklight/README
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-xbacklight is a simple command-line utility to set the backlight level 
-using the RandR 1.2 BACKLIGHT output property.
diff --git a/system/xbacklight/slack-desc b/system/xbacklight/slack-desc
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-# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
-
-    |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-name: xbacklight (adjust lcd backlight level)
-name:
-name: Xbacklight is a simple command-line utility to set the backlight
-name: level using the RandR 1.2 BACKLIGHT output property.
-name:
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diff --git a/system/xbacklight/xbacklight.SlackBuild b/system/xbacklight/xbacklight.SlackBuild
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright 2007 by ktabic (rdc@ktabic.co.uk)
-#   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
-#   any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
-#   the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
-#   copies.
-#
-#   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
-#   WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-#   MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
-#   IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
-#   CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-#   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-#   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
-#   USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
-#   ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
-#   OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
-#   OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-#   SUCH DAMAGE.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-PRGNAM=xbacklight
-VERSION=1.1
-ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
-TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
-
-CWD=$(pwd)
-TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
-PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
-OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
-
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
-fi
-
-set -e # Exit on most errors
-
-rm -rf $PKG
-mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
-cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-chown -R root:root .
-chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
-
-CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-./configure \
-  --prefix=/usr \
-  --sysconfdir=/etc \
-  --localstatedir=/var \
-  --mandir=/usr/man
-
-make
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG
-
-( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
-  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-)
-
-( cd $PKG/usr/man
-  find . -type f -name "*.?" -exec gzip -9 {} \;
-)
-
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a COPYING $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-
-mkdir -p $PKG/install
-cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
-
-cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/system/xbacklight/xbacklight.info b/system/xbacklight/xbacklight.info
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-PRGNAM="xbacklight"
-VERSION="1.1"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.x.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/xbacklight-1.1.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="51b4a1c0ae2b3bd77417306fd78a3e94"
-MAINTAINER="Rodney Cobb"
-EMAIL="rdc@ktabic.co.uk"
-APPROVED="rworkman"