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+# Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+#This value is here because some python package names have capital letters
+#while there is a strong preference for lowercase letters in ArchLinux and
+#MSYS packages.
+
+_realname=pytest-runner
+pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
+pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-${_realname}"  "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
+pkgver=4.2
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Invoke py.test as distutils command with dependency resolution (mingw-w64)"
+arch=('any')
+url='https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-runner'
+license=('MIT')
+validpgpkeys=('gpg_KEY')
+makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-setuptools"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-setuptools")
+options=('staticlibs' 'strip' '!debug')
+source=("${_realname}-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/pytest-dev/${_realname}/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz")
+sha256sums=('SKIP')
+
+# Helper macros to help make tasks easier #
+apply_patch_with_msg() {
+  for _patch in "$@"
+  do
+    msg2 "Applying $_patch"
+    patch -Nbp1 -i "${srcdir}/$_patch"
+  done
+}
+
+del_file_exists() {
+  for _fname in "$@"
+  do
+    if [ -f $_fname ]; then
+      rm -rf $_fname
+    fi
+  done
+}
+# =========================================== #
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"
+  for builddir in python{2,3}-build-${CARCH}; do
+    rm -rf ${builddir} | true
+    cp -r "${_realname}-${pkgver}" "${builddir}"
+  done
+  export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$pkgver
+}
+
+# Note that build() is sometimes skipped because it's done in 
+# the packages setup.py install for simplicity if you can do so.
+# but sometimes, you want to do a check before install which would
+# also trigger the build.
+build() {
+  for pver in {2,3}; do  
+    msg "Python ${pver} build for ${CARCH}"  
+    cd "${srcdir}/python${pver}-build-${CARCH}"
+    ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python${pver} setup.py build
+  done  
+}
+
+check() {
+  for pver in {2,3}; do
+    msg "Python ${pver} test for ${CARCH}"
+    cd "${srcdir}/python${pver}-build-${CARCH}"
+    ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python${pver} setup.py egg_info
+# we need the flake8 package for this
+#    if [ "${pver}" = "2" ]; then
+#      PYTHONPATH="$PWD" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/pytest2
+#    else
+#      PYTHONPATH="$PWD" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/pytest
+#    fi
+  done
+}
+
+package_python3-pytest-runner() {
+  depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3")
+
+  cd "${srcdir}/python3-build-${CARCH}"
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python3 setup.py install --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
+    --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1 --skip-build
+
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/python3-${_realname}/COPYING"
+}
+
+package_python2-pytest-runner() {
+  depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2")
+
+  cd "${srcdir}/python2-build-${CARCH}"
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python2 setup.py install --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
+    --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1 --skip-build
+
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/python2-${_realname}/COPYING"
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-i686-python2-pytest-runner() {
+  package_python2-pytest-runner
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-i686-python3-pytest-runner() {
+  package_python3-pytest-runner
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-x86_64-python2-pytest-runner() {
+  package_python2-pytest-runner
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pytest-runner() {
+  package_python3-pytest-runner
+}