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-libvirt-python
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+# Template file for 'libvirt-python3'
+pkgname=libvirt-python3
+version=5.9.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="libvirt-python-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+pycompile_module="libvirt.py libvirt_lxc.py libvirt_qemu.py"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel libvirt-devel"
+makedepends="libvirt-devel python3-devel"
+short_desc="Libvirt virtualization API Python3 binding"
+maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://pypi.org/project/libvirt-python/"
+distfiles="https://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6cf90149baec0cfaf79aa91da08abd7e471a03f5d59669c2dcdaaec3e0592cb2