diff --git a/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh b/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh
index 565577dceb70a1ddafd1cab14044fc47465339b2..7b74bc38186f8fd7fc4bb4d15aec49e951a81d96 100644
--- a/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+VERSION=3.3
 GIT=https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
-BRANCH=release/3.3
+BRANCH=release/$VERSION
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    skip=1
+}
 
 function recipe_update {
     echo "skipping update"
diff --git a/recipes/netdb/recipe.sh b/recipes/netdb/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f1c3cf9782f7c0f66acc68b4eb40b32e5f4e2a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/netdb/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+GIT=https://github.com/redox-os/netdb
+
+function recipe_version {
+    printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    echo "skipping build"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    echo "skipping clean" 
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    cp -r  * ../stage/
+    skip=1
+}