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+# Template file for 'python3-pyzstd'
+pkgname=python3-pyzstd
+version=0.15.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="pyzstd-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+make_build_args="--dynamic-link-zstd"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="python3-devel libzstd-devel"
+depends="python3"
+short_desc="Python bindings to zstd, API is similar to bz2/lzma/zlib module"
+maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/animalize/pyzstd"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pyzstd/pyzstd-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=bf15a39cb3c9b662775e22ffa8c4da09fdde6a15ece5e0ed710b6d3b4329cf36
+# test is broken and can't be run by setup.py or pytest
+make_check=no
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}