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+# Template file for 'python3-hidapi'
+pkgname=python3-hidapi
+version=0.14.0.post2
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+make_build_args="--with-system-hidapi"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-Cython pkg-config"
+makedepends="eudev-libudev-devel hidapi-devel libusb-devel python3-devel"
+depends="python3 hidapi python3-setuptools"
+short_desc="Cython interface to the hidapi"
+maintainer="Mateusz Sylwestrzak <slymattz@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later, BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/trezor/cython-hidapi"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/h/hidapi/hidapi-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6c0e97ba6b059a309d51b495a8f0d5efbcea8756b640d98b6f6bb9fdef2458ac
+
+if [ $CROSS_BUILD ]; then
+	# without the following line, the compiler complains about the lack of hidapi.h
+	hostmakedepends+=" hidapi-devel"
+fi
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE-bsd.txt
+}