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+from distutils.core import setup
+setup(name='phosphor-mapper',
+      version='1.0',
+      package_dir={'':'@top_srcdir@'},
+      packages=['obmc.mapper'],
+      scripts=['@top_srcdir@/phosphor-mapper']
+      )