diff --git a/common/environment/setup/vsplit.sh b/common/environment/setup/vsplit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..63a8e93cb99da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/setup/vsplit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Helper function to split library & development files
+
+vsplit_lib() {
+	# libpkg and lib_short_desc will be reused for devel package
+	libpkg="${1:-lib${pkgname}}"
+	lib_short_desc="${2:-$short_desc - runtime library}"
+	local _lib_depends_line _lib_shlib_line
+	if [ -n "$3" ]; then
+		_lib_depends_line="depends='$3'"
+	fi
+	if [ -n "$lib_shlib_provides" ]; then
+		_lib_shlib_line="shlib_provides='$lib_shlib_provides'"
+	fi
+	eval "
+	${libpkg}_package() {
+		$_lib_depends_line
+		$_lib_shlib_line
+		short_desc='${lib_short_desc}'
+		pkg_install() {
+			vmove 'usr/lib/*.so.*'
+			if command -v lib_post_install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+				lib_post_install
+			fi
+			if command -v ${libpkg}_post_install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+				${libpkg}_post_install
+			fi
+		}
+	}
+	"
+}
+
+vsplit_devel() {
+	local _basepkg="${libpkg:-${pkgname}}"
+	local _develpkg="${1:-${_basepkg}-devel}"
+	local _base_short_desc="${lib_short_desc:-$short_desc}"
+	local _devel_short_desc="${2:-${_base_short_desc} - development files}"
+	local _devel_depends="${3:-$makedepends ${_basepkg}>=${version}_${revision}}"
+	eval "
+	${_develpkg}_package() {
+		depends='$_devel_depends'
+		short_desc='${devel_short_desc:-${_base_short_desc} - development files}'
+		pkg_install() {
+			for d in usr/include \\
+				usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/share/pkgconfig \\
+				usr/share/vala usr/share/gir-1.0 \\
+				usr/share/man/man2 usr/share/man/man3 \\
+				usr/share/aclocal usr/share/sgml \\
+				usr/share/cmake usr/lib/cmake \\
+				usr/share/gtk-doc usr/lib/qt5/mkspecs
+			do
+				if [ -d \"\$DESTDIR/\$d\" ]; then
+					vmove \"\$d\"
+				fi
+			done
+			for f in \"\$DESTDIR/usr/lib/\"*.so \\
+				\"\$DESTDIR/usr/lib/\"*.a \\
+				\"\$DESTDIR/usr/bin/\"*-config \\
+				\"\$DESTDIR/usr/share/man/man1/\"*-config.1*
+			do
+				if [ -f \"\$f\" ]; then
+					vmove \"\${f#\$DESTDIR}\"
+				fi
+			done
+			if command -v devel_post_install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+				devel_post_install
+			fi
+			if command -v ${_develpkg}_post_install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+				${_develpkg}_post_install
+			fi
+		}
+	}
+	"
+}
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
index e6285b6e4ffabc..6cc6a317bb4e96 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ hook() {
 		fi
 	done
 	if [ -z "$found_dbg_subpkg" -a -d "${XBPS_DESTDIR}/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/${pkgname}-dbg-${version}" ]; then
-		source ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/setup-subpkg/subpkg.sh
+		for f in ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/setup-subpkg/*.sh; do
+		    source_file "$f"
+		done
 		repo=$XBPS_REPOSITORY/debug
 		_pkgver=${pkgname}-dbg-${version}_${revision}
 		_desc="${short_desc} (debug files)"
@@ -154,7 +156,9 @@ hook() {
 		return
 	fi
 	if [ -d "${XBPS_DESTDIR}/${pkgname}-32bit-${version}" ]; then
-		source ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/setup-subpkg/subpkg.sh
+		for f in ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/setup-subpkg/*.sh; do
+		    source_file "$f"
+		done
 		if [ -n "$repository" ]; then
 			repo=$XBPS_REPOSITORY/multilib/$repository
 		else
diff --git a/srcpkgs/curl/template b/srcpkgs/curl/template
index d4432ebaa7d761..0b13d520971ed3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/curl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/curl/template
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ changelog="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#${version//./_}"
 distfiles="${homepage}/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=a50bfe62ad67a24f8b12dd7fd655ac43a0f0299f86ec45b11354f25fbb5829d0
 patch_args="-Np1"
+lib_shlib_provides="libcurl-gnutls.so.4"
 build_options="gnutls gssapi ldap rtmp ssh ssl"
 build_options_default="ssh ssl"
 vopt_conflict ssl gnutls
@@ -36,26 +37,9 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }
 
-libcurl_package() {
-	short_desc="Multiprotocol file transfer library"
-	shlib_provides="libcurl-gnutls.so.4"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
-		ln -sf libcurl.so.4.6.0 ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcurl-gnutls.so.4
-	}
+lib_post_install() {
+	ln -sf libcurl.so.4.6.0 ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcurl-gnutls.so.4
 }
 
-libcurl-devel_package() {
-	depends="${makedepends} libcurl>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc="Multiprotocol file transfer library - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/curl-config
-		vmove "usr/share/man/man1/curl-config*"
-		vmove usr/share/man/man3
-		vmove usr/share/aclocal
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	}
-}
+vsplit_lib "" "Multiprotocol file transfer library"
+vsplit_devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 00561caff83548..65b906d857e6d7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -22,13 +22,4 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
-libuv-devel_package() {
-	depends="libuv>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-	}
-}
+vsplit_devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/notmuch/template b/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
index 2c89853806920f..b2f1f9a1291d35 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
@@ -55,21 +55,8 @@ post_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
 }
 
-libnotmuch_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
-	}
-}
-
-libnotmuch-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="libnotmuch-${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so
-	}
-}
+vsplit_lib
+vsplit_devel "" "" "libnotmuch-${version}_${revision}"
 
 notmuch-emacs_package() {
 	archs=noarch