diff --git a/network/keepalived/README b/network/keepalived/README
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+What is Keepalived ?
+
+The main goal of the keepalived project is to add a strong & robust
+keepalive facility to the Linux Virtual Server project. This project
+is written in C with multilayer TCP/IP stack checks. Keepalived
+implements a framework based on three family checks: Layer3, Layer4
+& Layer5/7.
+
+This framework gives the daemon the ability of checking a LVS server
+pool states. When one of the server of the LVS server pool is down,
+keepalived informs the linux kernel via a setsockopt call to remove
+this server entrie from the LVS topology. In addition keepalived
+implements an independent VRRPv2 stack to handle director failover.
+So in short keepalived is a userspace daemon for LVS cluster nodes
+healthchecks and LVS directors failover.
diff --git a/network/keepalived/doinst.sh b/network/keepalived/doinst.sh
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+++ b/network/keepalived/doinst.sh
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+config() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
+  if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
+    mv $NEW $OLD
+  elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then
+    # toss the redundant copy
+    rm $NEW
+  fi
+  # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+}
+
+if [ -e etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived ]; then
+  cp -a etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived.new.incoming
+  cat etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived.new > etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived.new.incoming
+  mv etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived.new.incoming etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived.new
+fi
+
+config etc/keepalived/keepalived.new
+config etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf.new
+config etc/rc.d/rc.keepalived.new
+
diff --git a/network/keepalived/keepalived.SlackBuild b/network/keepalived/keepalived.SlackBuild
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+++ b/network/keepalived/keepalived.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for keepalived
+
+# Copyright 2010  Nilton Moura, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
+# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+PRGNAM=keepalived
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1.20}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  AUTHOR ChangeLog CONTRIBUTORS COPYING INSTALL README TODO VERSION \
+  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+cp -a $PKG/etc/rc.d/init.d/keepalived $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/init.keepalived
+
+mv $PKG/etc/sysconfig/keepalived $PKG/etc/keepalived/keepalived.new
+mv $PKG/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf $PKG/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf.new
+install -m755 $CWD/rc.$PRGNAM $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.$PRGNAM.new
+rm $PKG/etc/rc.d/init.d/keepalived
+rmdir $PKG/etc/sysconfig
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/network/keepalived/keepalived.info b/network/keepalived/keepalived.info
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+++ b/network/keepalived/keepalived.info
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+PRGNAM="keepalived"
+VERSION="1.1.20"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.keepalived.org/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.keepalived.org/software/keepalived-1.1.20.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="6c3065c94bb9e2187c4b5a80f6d8be31"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Nilton Moura"
+EMAIL="nmoura@nmoura.eti.br"
+APPROVED="dsomero"
diff --git a/network/keepalived/rc.keepalived b/network/keepalived/rc.keepalived
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+++ b/network/keepalived/rc.keepalived
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Startup script for the Keepalived daemon
+#
+# This is the modified version from the original for the
+# Slackware. The only thing that differs from the original
+# is the path of the Source configuration file. Before was
+# /etc/sysconfig and now is /etc/keepalived, and the header
+# for the update-rc.d of Debian was removed.
+# 
+# The original file was copied to
+# /usr/doc/keepalived-1.1.20/init.keepalived
+#
+# This version was modified by Nilton Moura, the author of
+# the SlackBuild Script for keepalived.
+
+# Source function library
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+# Source configuration file (we set KEEPALIVED_OPTIONS there)
+. /etc/keepalived/keepalived
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+prog="keepalived"
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon keepalived ${KEEPALIVED_OPTIONS}
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+    killproc keepalived
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog
+}
+
+reload() {
+    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
+    killproc keepalived -1
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    reload)
+        reload
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    condrestart)
+        if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog ]; then
+            stop
+            start
+        fi
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status keepalived
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|condrestart|status}"
+        exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/network/keepalived/slack-desc b/network/keepalived/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------------------------------------------------------|
+keepalived: keepalived (HealthChecking for LVS & High-Availability)
+keepalived:
+keepalived: The main goal of the keepalived project is to add a strong &
+keepalived: robust keepalive facility to the Linux Virtual Server project.
+keepalived: Keepalived implements a framework based on three family checks:
+keepalived: Layer3, Layer4 & Layer5/7.
+keepalived:
+keepalived: Homepage: http://www.keepalived.org/
+keepalived:
+keepalived:
+keepalived: