diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-wcwidth/template b/srcpkgs/python-wcwidth/template
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+# Template file for 'python-wcwidth'
+pkgname=python-wcwidth
+version=0.1.7
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="wcwidth-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="wcwidth"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Measures number of terminal column cells of wide-character codes (Python2)"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/w/wcwidth/wcwidth-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3df37372226d6e63e1b1e1eda15c594bca98a22d33a23832a90998faa96bc65e
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
+}
+
+python3-wcwidth_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="python3"
+	pycompile_module="wcwidth"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
+	}
+}
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+python-wcwidth
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