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+# $Id: PKGBUILD 60201 2011-12-07 14:41:34Z arodseth $
+# Contributor: James Rayner <james@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Todd Maynard <arch@toddmaynard.com>
+
+plugrel=1
+
+pkgname=python2-cheetah
+pkgver=2.4.4
+pkgrel=3
+pkgdesc="A Python-powered template engine and code generator"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/"
+license=('custom')
+depends=('python2' 'python-markdown')
+makedepends=('python2-distribute')
+optdepends=('python2-pygments: for the CodeHighlighter filter')
+provides=('cheetah' 'python-cheetah')
+conflicts=('cheetah' 'python-cheetah')
+source=(http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/Cheetah/Cheetah-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
+md5sums=('853917116e731afbc8c8a43c37e6ddba')
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/Cheetah-${pkgver}"
+  python2 setup.py build
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/Cheetah-${pkgver}"
+  python2 setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}"
+  install -D -m644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+
+  find $pkgdir/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Cheetah/ -name '*.py' | \
+    xargs sed -i "s|#!/usr/bin/env python|#!/usr/bin/env python2|"
+}