diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/template b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/template
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-# Template file for 'python-importlib_metadata'
-pkgname=python-importlib_metadata
-version=2.1.1
-revision=1
-wrksrc="importlib_metadata-${version}"
-build_style=python2-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
-depends="python-zipp python-pathlib2 python-backports.configparser"
-checkdepends="${depends}"
-short_desc="Read metadata from Python packages"
-maintainer="Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl>"
-license="Apache-2.0"
-homepage="https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
-changelog="https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/i/importlib_metadata/importlib_metadata-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b8de9eff2b35fb037368f28a7df1df4e6436f578fa74423505b6c6a778d5b5dd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/update b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/update
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-ignore="[3-9]*"