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+# Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+
+_realname=atomicwrites
+pkgbase=python-${_realname}
+pkgname=("python2-${_realname}" "python3-${_realname}")
+pkgver=1.2.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Atomic file writes on POSIX"
+arch=('any')
+url="https://github.com/untitaker/python-atomicwrites"
+license=('MIT')
+makedepends=('python2-setuptools' 'python3-setuptools')
+checkdepends=('python2-pytest' 'python3-pytest')
+source=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_realname::1}/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+sha512sums=('4df7ee97e0817a80378b273ced310b8ad88eb6ced93a594a6e3dc38ad1e7208226fde01b6d282f85583c57a50859e82c85bacaae8a7c64fce55e6965f74b12c5')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"
+  for builddir in python{2,3}-build-${CARCH}; do
+    rm -rf ${builddir} | true
+    cp -r "${_realname}-${pkgver}" "${builddir}"
+  done
+  # Set version for setuptools_scm
+  export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$pkgver
+}
+
+build() {
+  for pver in {2,3}; do  
+    msg "Python ${pver} build for ${CARCH}"  
+    cd "${srcdir}/python${pver}-build-${CARCH}"
+    python${pver} setup.py build
+  done  
+}
+
+check() {
+  export PYTHONPATH=build;${PYTHONPATH}
+
+  msg "Python 2 test for ${CARCH}"
+  cd "${srcdir}/python2-build-${CARCH}"
+  py.test2
+
+  msg "Python 3 test for ${CARCH}"
+  cd "${srcdir}/python3-build-${CARCH}"  
+  py.test
+}
+
+package_python3-atomicwrites() {
+  depends=('python3')
+
+  cd "${srcdir}/python3-build-${CARCH}" 
+  python setup.py install --skip-build \
+    --optimize=1 \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --root="${pkgdir}"
+  install -vDm 644 LICENSE -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+  install -vDm 644 README.rst -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}"
+}
+
+package_python2-atomicwrites() {
+  depends=('python2')
+
+  cd "${srcdir}/python2-build-${CARCH}" 
+  python2 setup.py install --skip-build \
+    --optimize=1 \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --root="${pkgdir}"
+  install -vDm 644 LICENSE -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+  install -vDm 644 README.rst -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}"
+}
+