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-# Template file for 'python-astroid'
-pkgname=python-astroid
-version=1.6.6
-revision=2
-archs=noarch
-wrksrc="astroid-${version}"
-build_style=python2-module
-pycompile_module="astroid"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
-depends="python-six python-lazy-object-proxy python-wrapt
- python-backports.functools_lru_cache python-enum34 python-singledispatch"
-short_desc="Abstract syntax tree for Python2"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid"
-license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/a/astroid/astroid-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d25869fc7f44f1d9fb7d24fd7ea0639656f5355fc3089cd1f3d18c6ec6b124c7
-
-post_install() {
-	# no tests
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/astroid/tests
-}