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+# Maintainer: George Rawlinson <grawlinson@archlinux.org>
+
+pkgname=python-crontab
+pkgver=2.5.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A module for reading/writing crontab files & accessing the system cron"
+arch=('any')
+url="https://gitlab.com/doctormo/python-crontab"
+license=('GPL3')
+depends=('python' 'python-croniter' 'python-cron-descriptor')
+makedepends=('python-setuptools')
+source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://gitlab.com/doctormo/python-crontab/-/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgname-v$pkgver.tar.gz")
+b2sums=('884ee9ff95e3e055bac894322910ecc81afb27158a7d08443589e9544871d9403a53b9a9206da231be9818390e98a2e59f6f5c6e390fda6e18060c0b53240c95')
+
+build() {
+  cd "$pkgname-v$pkgver"
+  python setup.py build
+}
+
+# requires usage of a deprecated lib (test.support)
+#check() {
+#  cd "$pkgname-v$pkgver"
+#  PYTHONPATH="$(pwd):$PYTHONPATH" python -m unittest
+#}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$pkgname-v$pkgver"
+  python setup.py install --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
+}