diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8.PKGBUILD b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8.PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8.PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+pkgname="systemd"
+pkgver=257.8
+pkgdesc="system and service manager"
+homepage="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/"
+license=("LGPL-2.1-or-laterC" "C0-1.0" "GPL-2.0-or-later" "MIT-0")
+dependences=(
+  sys-libs/pam
+  sys-fs/btrfs-progs
+  dev-libs/libgcrypt
+  sys-libs/libseccomp
+  app-misc/make-ca
+  dev-libs/pcre2
+  net-misc/rsync
+  dev-debug/valgrind
+  app-shells/zsh
+  dev-python/lxml
+)
+_systemdhooks=("20-systemd-sysusers.HOOK"
+  "21-systemd-tmpfiles.HOOK"
+  "25-systemd-binfmt.HOOK"
+  "25-systemd-catalog.HOOK"
+  "25-systemd-hwdb.HOOK"
+  "30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.HOOK"
+  "30-systemd-daemon-reload-user.HOOK"
+  "35-systemd-udev-reload.HOOK"
+  "35-systemd-update.HOOK"
+)
+_systemdhookmu5sums=("a566b0107a97b603a7ee48e28fb59817"
+  "5bb19c1c2964721cf41258990501404e"
+  "8f6cabd1b4e96a1c11c2feb0989ddfd6"
+  "d49449a2435dc635a39cd46316c271a7"
+  "34b38916bf4111fc0b40fdcded1d3a93"
+  "49ffd7e5c810f8b3cf14fb9535d6a4c5"
+  "e38543ca711f6ff063174b82afe3cbb3"
+  "db079083de34b7e3201d8e9b6a3900ab"
+  "7b34445517de5da3ef1db422e4b80f8c"
+)
+sources=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+  ${_systemdhooks[@]}
+)
+urls=("https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/v${pkgver}/${sources[0]}"
+  ${_systemdhooks[@]}
+)
+md5sums=("25fe5d328e22641254761f1baa74cee0"
+  ${_systemdhookmu5sums[@]}
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+  tar -xf ${distdir}/${sources[0]} --strip-components=1
+  sed -e 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' \
+    -e 's/GROUP="sgx", //'               \
+    -i rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in
+}
+
+src_build() {
+  local _meson_options=(
+    --prefix=/usr
+    --libdir=/usr/lib
+    --buildtype=release
+    -Dvcs-tag=false
+    -Dsysvinit-path=
+    -Dsysvrcnd-path=
+    -Dapparmor=disabled
+    -Dfirstboot=false
+    -Dinstall-tests=false
+    -Dldconfig=false
+    -Dsysusers=true
+    -Drpmmacrosdir=no
+    -Dhomed=disabled
+    -Duserdb=false
+    -Dman=enabled
+    -Dmode=release
+    -Dpam=enabled
+    -Dpamconfdir=/etc/pam.d
+    -Ddev-kvm-mode=0660
+    -Dnobody-group=nogroup
+    -Dsysupdate=disabled
+    -Dbashcompletiondir=no
+
+    -Dacl=enabled
+    -Ddns-over-tls=openssl
+    -Dgcrypt=enabled
+    -Dopenssl=enabled
+    -Dcryptolib=openssl
+    -Dpcre2=enabled
+    -Dpolkit=enabled
+    -Dkmod=enabled
+    -Dlz4=enabled
+    -Dzstd=enabled
+    -Dseccomp=enabled
+    -Daudit=disabled
+    -Dbootloader=disabled
+    -Dbpf-framework=disabled
+    -Dvmlinux-h=disabled
+    -Dlibcryptsetup=disabled
+    -Dlibcurl=disabled
+    -Dlibfido2=disabled
+    -Dgnutls=disabled
+    -Dmicrohttpd=disabled
+    -Didn=false
+    -Dlibidn2=disabled
+    -Dimportd=disabled
+    -Dlibiptc=disabled
+    -Dp11kit=disabled
+    -Dpwquality=disabled
+    -Dqrencode=disabled
+    -Dtpm2=disabled
+    -Dukify=disabled
+    -Dkernel-install=false
+
+    -Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false
+    -Ddefault-locale='C.UTF-8'
+    -Ddefault-dnssec=no
+    -Ddefault-dns-over-tls=no
+    -Dcreate-log-dirs=false
+    -Dsbat-distro='lfs'
+    -Dsbat-distro-summary='Linux from Scratch'
+    -Dsbat-distro-pkgname="${pkgname}"
+    -Dsbat-distro-version="${pkgver}"
+    -Ddocdir=/usr/share/doc/systemd-${pkgver}
+  )
+
+  meson setup build "${_meson_options[@]}"
+  
+  meson compile -C build
+}
+
+src_check() {
+  # unset these, from Gentoo
+  unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+  chown -R leaf .
+  su leaf -c "PATH=$PATH \
+    LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 \
+    meson test -C build --print-errorlogs"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+  meson install -C build --no-rebuild --destdir "$pkgdir" --quiet
+  for _systemdhook in ${_systemdhooks[@]}; do
+    leaf_install_hook ${filedir}/${_systemdhook}
+  done
+  install -d -v -m755 ${pkgdir}/usr/share/man
+}
+
+# from Arch
+skip_chrooted() {
+  if systemd-detect-virt --chroot; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Running in chroot."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+# from Arch
+systemd_live() {
+  skip_chrooted
+
+  if ! systemd-notify --booted; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Current root is not booted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+
+src_postinstall() {
+  systemd_live
+
+  systemd-sysusers
+
+  # follow Arch
+  # enable some services by default, but don't track them
+  systemctl enable \
+    getty@tty1.service \
+    systemd-userdbd.socket
+}
+
+# vim:ft=sh syn=sh et sw=2:
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/20-systemd-sysusers.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/20-systemd-sysusers.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e44195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/20-systemd-sysusers.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/sysusers.d/*.conf)
+triggers=("install")
+operation() {
+  /usr/bin/systemd-sysusers
+}
+
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/21-systemd-tmpfiles.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/21-systemd-tmpfiles.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6953494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/21-systemd-tmpfiles.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf)
+triggers=("install")
+operation() {
+  /usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-binfmt.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-binfmt.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d778380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-binfmt.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf)
+triggers=("install")
+operation(){
+  if systemd-detect-virt --chroot; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Running in chroot."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  if ! systemd-notify --booted; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Current root is not booted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-binfmt
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-catalog.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-catalog.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d19952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-catalog.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/systemd/catalog/*)
+triggers=("install" "remove")
+operation() {
+  /usr/bin/journalctl --update-catalog
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-hwdb.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-hwdb.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9070f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/25-systemd-hwdb.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/*)
+triggers=("install" "remove")
+operation() {
+  /usr/bin/systemd-hwdb --usr update
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b471c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/systemd/system/*)
+triggers=("install" "remove")
+operation(){
+  if systemd-detect-virt --chroot; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Running in chroot."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  if ! systemd-notify --booted; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Current root is not booted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  /usr/bin/systemctl --system daemon-reload
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/30-systemd-daemon-reload-user.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/30-systemd-daemon-reload-user.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad199ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/30-systemd-daemon-reload-user.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/systemd/user/*)
+triggers=("install" "remove")
+operation(){
+  if systemd-detect-virt --chroot; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Running in chroot."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  if ! systemd-notify --booted; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Current root is not booted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  /usr/bin/systemctl reload 'user@*.service'
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/35-systemd-udev-reload.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/35-systemd-udev-reload.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b485fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/35-systemd-udev-reload.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+target=(/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/*)
+triggers=("install" "remove")
+operation() {
+  if systemd-detect-virt --chroot; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Running in chroot."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  if ! systemd-notify --booted; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Current root is not booted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -S /run/udev/control ]; then
+    echo >&2 "  Skipped: Device manager is not running."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  /usr/bin/udevadm control --reload
+  if [ ! -e /etc/systemd/do-not-udevadm-trigger-on-update ]; then
+    /usr/bin/udevadm trigger -c change
+    /usr/bin/udevadm settle
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/35-systemd-update.HOOK b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/35-systemd-update.HOOK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f9e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-257.8/35-systemd-update.HOOK
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+target=(/usr/)
+triggers=("install" "remove")
+operation() {
+  touch -c /usr
+}