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+# Template file for 'python3-commonmark'
+pkgname=python3-commonmark
+version=0.9.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="commonmark-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+checkdepends="python3-wheel python3-flake8 python3-hypothesis python3-colorama"
+short_desc="Parser for the CommonMark Markdown spec"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/rtfd/commonmark.py"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/commonmark/commonmark-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=452f9dc859be7f06631ddcb328b6919c67984aca654e5fefb3914d54691aed60
+
+post_extract() {
+	vsed -i commonmark/tests/run_spec_tests.py -e \
+	 "/^import sys$/a sys.path.append('$wrksrc/build/lib')"
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}