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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-# Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
-
-PKG_NAME="setuptools"
-PKG_VERSION="52.0.0"
-PKG_SHA256="ff0c74d1b905a224d647f99c6135eacbec2620219992186b81aa20012bc7f882"
-PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
-PKG_SITE="https://pypi.org/project/setuptools"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="Python3:host"
-PKG_LONGDESC="Replaces Setuptools as the standard method for working with Python module distributions."
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
-
-make_host() {
-  python3 bootstrap.py
-}
-
-makeinstall_host() {
-  exec_thread_safe python3 setup.py install --prefix=${TOOLCHAIN}
-}