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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=pyxdg
+PKG_VERSION:=0.18
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://people.freedesktop.org/~lanius/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=076b57722e91dab8ab83028c6ef9dcea
+
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+$(call include_mk, python-package.mk)
+
+define Package/pyxdg
+  SUBMENU:=Python
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  TITLE:=pyxdg
+  URL:=http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg
+  DEPENDS:=+python
+endef
+
+define Package/pyxdg/description
+  A Python module to deal with freedesktop.org specifications
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(call Build/Compile/PyMod,,install --prefix="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr")
+endef
+
+define Package/pyxdg/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)
+	$(CP) \
+	    $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)/* \
+	    $(1)$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,pyxdg))