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+DESCRIPTION = "PyUSB provides USB access on the Python language"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://pyusb.sourceforge.net/"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a53a9c39efcfb812e2464af14afab013"
+DEPENDS = "libusb1"
+
+SRC_URI = "\
+  ${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/pyusb/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9136b3dc019272c62a5b6d4eb624f89f"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dacbf7d568c0bb09a974d56da66d165351f1ba3c4d5169ab5b734266623e1736"
+
+SRCNAME = "pyusb"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
+
+inherit distutils