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+# This hook executes the following tasks:
+#	- renames cpython binding files to not include the arch-specific extension suffix
+
+hook() {
+	if [ ! -d ${PKGDESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib} ]; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	find "${PKGDESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib}" -type f -executable -iname '*.cpython*.so' \
+		| while read -r file; do
+		filename="${file##*/}"
+		modulename="${filename%%.*}"
+		msg_warn "${pkgver}: renamed '${filename}' to '${modulename}.so'.\n"
+		mv ${file} ${file%/*}${modulename}.so
+	done
+}