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+# Template file for 'python-PyHamcrest'
+pkgname=python-PyHamcrest
+version=1.9.0
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="PyHamcrest-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="hamcrest"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python-six"
+short_desc="Hamcrest framework for matcher objects (Python2)"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/hamcrest/PyHamcrest"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/P/PyHamcrest/PyHamcrest-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8ffaa0a53da57e89de14ced7185ac746227a8894dbd5a3c718bf05ddbd1d56cd
+
+pre_build() {
+	# drop setuptools from runtime requires
+	sed -i "/install_requires=/s|'setuptools',||" setup.py
+}
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}
+
+python3-PyHamcrest_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="python3-six"
+	pycompile_module="hamcrest"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vlicense LICENSE.txt
+	}
+}
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+python-PyHamcrest
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