diff --git a/srcpkgs/pari-nflistdata/template b/srcpkgs/pari-nflistdata/template
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+# Template file for 'pari-nflistdata'
+pkgname=pari-nflistdata
+version=20210527
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+short_desc="PARI/GP database needed by nflist"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/packages.html"
+distfiles="https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/packages/${pkgname#pari-}.tgz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a123b2a6776a6579108254f5dbe9fd720ddbc7e46456b45e90a69e92a73b0597
+
+do_build() {
+	# compressed data files work ok (install-size: 4.1M -> 2.9M)
+	find data -type f -size +4k -print0 | xargs -0 gzip -9
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/pari
+	vcopy "data/*" usr/share/pari
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pari-nflistdata/update b/srcpkgs/pari-nflistdata/update
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+site="http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/packages/"
+pattern="href=\"${pkgname#pari-}.t(ar|gz)\".*\K\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d(?= \d\d:\d\d )"
+version=${version:0:4}.${version:4:2}.${version:6:2}