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-# Template file for 'python-backports.functools_lru_cache'
-pkgname=python-backports.functools_lru_cache
-version=1.5
-revision=2
-wrksrc="backports.functools_lru_cache-${version}"
-build_style=python2-module
-pycompile_module="backports/functools_lru_cache.py"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
-depends="python-backports"
-short_desc="Backport of functools.lru_cache from Python 3.3"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="https://github.com/jaraco/backports.functools_lru_cache"
-license="PSF"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/backports.functools_lru_cache/backports.functools_lru_cache-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9d98697f088eb1b0fa451391f91afb5e3ebde16bbdb272819fd091151fda4f1a
-
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i setup.py \
-		-e "/setuptools_scm/d" \
-		-e "s/use_scm_version=True,/version=\"${version}\",/"
-}
-post_install() {
-	# namespace provided by python-backports package
-	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/backports/__init__.py
-}