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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# generate Python Manifest for the OpenEmbedded build system
+# (C) 2002-2010 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mlauer@vanille-media.de>
+# (C) 2007 Jeremy Laine
+# licensed under MIT, see COPYING.MIT
+#
+# June 22, 2011 -- Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
+#  * Updated to no longer generate special -dbg package, instead use the
+#    single system -dbg
+#  * Update version with ".1" to indicate this change
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+VERSION = "2.7.2"
+
+__author__ = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mlauer@vanille-media.de>"
+__version__ = "20110222.2"
+
+class MakefileMaker:
+
+    def __init__( self, outfile ):
+        """initialize"""
+        self.packages = {}
+        self.targetPrefix = "${libdir}/python%s/" % VERSION[:3]
+        self.output = outfile
+        self.out( """
+# WARNING: This file is AUTO GENERATED: Manual edits will be lost next time I regenerate the file.
+# Generator: '%s' Version %s (C) 2002-2010 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mlauer@vanille-media.de>
+# Visit the Python for Embedded Systems Site => http://www.Vanille.de/projects/python.spy
+""" % ( sys.argv[0], __version__ ) )
+
+    #
+    # helper functions
+    #
+
+    def out( self, data ):
+        """print a line to the output file"""
+        self.output.write( "%s\n" % data )
+
+    def setPrefix( self, targetPrefix ):
+        """set a file prefix for addPackage files"""
+        self.targetPrefix = targetPrefix
+
+    def doProlog( self ):
+        self.out( """ """ )
+        self.out( "" )
+
+    def addPackage( self, name, description, dependencies, filenames ):
+        """add a package to the Makefile"""
+        if type( filenames ) == type( "" ):
+            filenames = filenames.split()
+        fullFilenames = []
+        for filename in filenames:
+            if filename[0] != "$":
+                fullFilenames.append( "%s%s" % ( self.targetPrefix, filename ) )
+            else:
+                fullFilenames.append( filename )
+        self.packages[name] = description, dependencies, fullFilenames
+
+    def doBody( self ):
+        """generate body of Makefile"""
+
+        global VERSION
+
+        #
+        # generate provides line
+        #
+
+        provideLine = 'PROVIDES+="'
+        for name in sorted(self.packages):
+            provideLine += "%s " % name
+        provideLine += '"'
+
+        self.out( provideLine )
+        self.out( "" )
+
+        #
+        # generate package line
+        #
+
+        packageLine = 'PACKAGES="${PN}-dbg '
+        for name in sorted(self.packages):
+            if name.startswith("${PN}-distutils"):
+                if name == "${PN}-distutils":
+                    packageLine += "%s-staticdev %s " % (name, name)
+            elif name != '${PN}-dbg':
+                packageLine += "%s " % name
+        packageLine += '${PN}-modules"'
+
+        self.out( packageLine )
+        self.out( "" )
+
+        #
+        # generate package variables
+        #
+
+        for name, data in sorted(self.packages.iteritems()):
+            desc, deps, files = data
+
+            #
+            # write out the description, revision and dependencies
+            #
+            self.out( 'SUMMARY_%s="%s"' % ( name, desc ) )
+            self.out( 'RDEPENDS_%s="%s"' % ( name, deps ) )
+
+            line = 'FILES_%s="' % name
+
+            #
+            # check which directories to make in the temporary directory
+            #
+
+            dirset = {} # if python had a set-datatype this would be sufficient. for now, we're using a dict instead.
+            for target in files:
+                dirset[os.path.dirname( target )] = True
+
+            #
+            # generate which files to copy for the target (-dfR because whole directories are also allowed)
+            #
+
+            for target in files:
+                line += "%s " % target
+
+            line += '"'
+            self.out( line )
+            self.out( "" )
+
+        self.out( 'SUMMARY_${PN}-modules="All Python modules"' )
+        line = 'RDEPENDS_${PN}-modules="'
+
+        for name, data in sorted(self.packages.iteritems()):
+            if name not in ['${PN}-dev', '${PN}-distutils-staticdev']:
+                line += "%s " % name
+
+        self.out( "%s \"" % line )
+        self.out( 'ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-modules = "1"' )
+
+    def doEpilog( self ):
+        self.out( """""" )
+        self.out( "" )
+
+    def make( self ):
+        self.doProlog()
+        self.doBody()
+        self.doEpilog()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    if len( sys.argv ) > 1:
+        try:
+            os.unlink(sys.argv[1])
+        except Exception:
+            sys.exc_clear()
+        outfile = file( sys.argv[1], "w" )
+    else:
+        outfile = sys.stdout
+
+    m = MakefileMaker( outfile )
+
+    # Add packages here. Only specify dlopen-style library dependencies here, no ldd-style dependencies!
+    # Parameters: revision, name, description, dependencies, filenames
+    #
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-core", "Python interpreter and core modules", "${PN}-lang ${PN}-re",
+    "__future__.* _abcoll.* abc.* copy.* copy_reg.* ConfigParser.* " +
+    "genericpath.* getopt.* linecache.* new.* " +
+    "os.* posixpath.* struct.* " +
+    "warnings.* site.* stat.* " +
+    "UserDict.* UserList.* UserString.* " +
+    "lib-dynload/binascii.so lib-dynload/_struct.so lib-dynload/time.so " +
+    "lib-dynload/xreadlines.so types.* platform.* ${bindir}/python* "  +
+    "_weakrefset.* sysconfig.* _sysconfigdata.* config/Makefile " +
+    "${includedir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pyconfig*.h " +
+    "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/sitecustomize.py ")
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-dev", "Python development package", "${PN}-core",
+    "${includedir} " +
+    "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} " +
+    "${libdir}/*.la " +
+    "${libdir}/*.a " +
+    "${libdir}/*.o " +
+    "${libdir}/pkgconfig " +
+    "${base_libdir}/*.a " +
+    "${base_libdir}/*.o " +
+    "${datadir}/aclocal " +
+    "${datadir}/pkgconfig " )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-2to3", "Python automated Python 2 to 3 code translator", "${PN}-core",
+    "${bindir}/2to3 lib2to3" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-idle", "Python Integrated Development Environment", "${PN}-core ${PN}-tkinter",
+    "${bindir}/idle idlelib" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-pydoc", "Python interactive help support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-lang ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-re",
+    "${bindir}/pydoc pydoc.* pydoc_data" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-smtpd", "Python Simple Mail Transport Daemon", "${PN}-core ${PN}-netserver ${PN}-email ${PN}-mime",
+    "${bindir}/smtpd.* smtpd.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-audio", "Python Audio Handling", "${PN}-core",
+    "wave.* chunk.* sndhdr.* lib-dynload/ossaudiodev.so lib-dynload/audioop.so audiodev.* sunaudio.* sunau.* toaiff.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-bsddb", "Python bindings for the Berkeley Database", "${PN}-core",
+    "bsddb lib-dynload/_bsddb.so" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-codecs", "Python codecs, encodings & i18n support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-lang",
+    "codecs.* encodings gettext.* locale.* lib-dynload/_locale.so lib-dynload/_codecs* lib-dynload/_multibytecodec.so lib-dynload/unicodedata.so stringprep.* xdrlib.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-compile", "Python bytecode compilation support", "${PN}-core",
+    "py_compile.* compileall.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-compiler", "Python compiler support", "${PN}-core",
+    "compiler" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-compression", "Python high-level compression support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-zlib",
+    "gzip.* zipfile.* tarfile.* lib-dynload/bz2.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-crypt", "Python basic cryptographic and hashing support", "${PN}-core",
+    "hashlib.* md5.* sha.* lib-dynload/crypt.so lib-dynload/_hashlib.so lib-dynload/_sha256.so lib-dynload/_sha512.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-textutils", "Python option parsing, text wrapping and CSV support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-stringold",
+    "lib-dynload/_csv.so csv.* optparse.* textwrap.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-curses", "Python curses support", "${PN}-core",
+    "curses lib-dynload/_curses.so lib-dynload/_curses_panel.so" ) # directory + low level module
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-ctypes", "Python C types support", "${PN}-core",
+    "ctypes lib-dynload/_ctypes.so lib-dynload/_ctypes_test.so" ) # directory + low level module
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-datetime", "Python calendar and time support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-codecs",
+    "_strptime.* calendar.* lib-dynload/datetime.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-db", "Python file-based database support", "${PN}-core",
+    "anydbm.* dumbdbm.* whichdb.* " )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-debugger", "Python debugger", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-re ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-shell ${PN}-pprint",
+    "bdb.* pdb.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-difflib", "Python helpers for computing deltas between objects", "${PN}-lang ${PN}-re",
+    "difflib.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-distutils-staticdev", "Python distribution utilities (static libraries)", "${PN}-distutils",
+    "config/lib*.a" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-distutils", "Python Distribution Utilities", "${PN}-core",
+    "config distutils" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-doctest", "Python framework for running examples in docstrings", "${PN}-core ${PN}-lang ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-unittest ${PN}-debugger ${PN}-difflib",
+    "doctest.*" )
+
+    # FIXME consider adding to some higher level package
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-elementtree", "Python elementree", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/_elementtree.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-email", "Python email support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-mime ${PN}-audio ${PN}-image ${PN}-netclient",
+    "imaplib.* email" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-fcntl", "Python's fcntl interface", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/fcntl.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-hotshot", "Python hotshot performance profiler", "${PN}-core",
+    "hotshot lib-dynload/_hotshot.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-html", "Python HTML processing support", "${PN}-core",
+    "formatter.* htmlentitydefs.* htmllib.* markupbase.* sgmllib.* HTMLParser.* " )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-importlib", "Python import implementation library", "${PN}-core",
+    "importlib" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-gdbm", "Python GNU database support", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/gdbm.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-image", "Python graphical image handling", "${PN}-core",
+    "colorsys.* imghdr.* lib-dynload/imageop.so lib-dynload/rgbimg.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-io", "Python low-level I/O", "${PN}-core ${PN}-math ${PN}-textutils ${PN}-netclient ${PN}-contextlib",
+    "lib-dynload/_socket.so lib-dynload/_io.so lib-dynload/_ssl.so lib-dynload/select.so lib-dynload/termios.so lib-dynload/cStringIO.so " +
+    "pipes.* socket.* ssl.* tempfile.* StringIO.* io.* _pyio.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-json", "Python JSON support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-math ${PN}-re ${PN}-codecs",
+    "json lib-dynload/_json.so" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-lang", "Python low-level language support", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/_bisect.so lib-dynload/_collections.so lib-dynload/_heapq.so lib-dynload/_weakref.so lib-dynload/_functools.so " +
+    "lib-dynload/array.so lib-dynload/itertools.so lib-dynload/operator.so lib-dynload/parser.so " +
+    "atexit.* bisect.* code.* codeop.* collections.* dis.* functools.* heapq.* inspect.* keyword.* opcode.* symbol.* repr.* token.* " +
+    "tokenize.* traceback.* weakref.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-logging", "Python logging support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-pickle ${PN}-stringold",
+    "logging" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-mailbox", "Python mailbox format support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-mime",
+    "mailbox.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-math", "Python math support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-crypt",
+    "lib-dynload/cmath.so lib-dynload/math.so lib-dynload/_random.so random.* sets.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-mime", "Python MIME handling APIs", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io",
+    "mimetools.* uu.* quopri.* rfc822.* MimeWriter.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-mmap", "Python memory-mapped file support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io",
+    "lib-dynload/mmap.so " )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-multiprocessing", "Python multiprocessing support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-pickle ${PN}-threading ${PN}-ctypes ${PN}-mmap",
+    "lib-dynload/_multiprocessing.so multiprocessing" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-netclient", "Python Internet Protocol clients", "${PN}-core ${PN}-crypt ${PN}-datetime ${PN}-io ${PN}-lang ${PN}-logging ${PN}-mime",
+    "*Cookie*.* " +
+    "base64.* cookielib.* ftplib.* gopherlib.* hmac.* httplib.* mimetypes.* nntplib.* poplib.* smtplib.* telnetlib.* urllib.* urllib2.* urlparse.* uuid.* rfc822.* mimetools.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-netserver", "Python Internet Protocol servers", "${PN}-core ${PN}-netclient ${PN}-shell ${PN}-threading",
+    "cgi.* *HTTPServer.* SocketServer.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-numbers", "Python number APIs", "${PN}-core ${PN}-lang ${PN}-re",
+    "decimal.* fractions.* numbers.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-pickle", "Python serialisation/persistence support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-codecs ${PN}-io ${PN}-re",
+    "pickle.* shelve.* lib-dynload/cPickle.so pickletools.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-pkgutil", "Python package extension utility support", "${PN}-core",
+    "pkgutil.*")
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-pprint", "Python pretty-print support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io",
+    "pprint.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-profile", "Python basic performance profiling support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-textutils",
+    "profile.* pstats.* cProfile.* lib-dynload/_lsprof.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-re", "Python Regular Expression APIs", "${PN}-core",
+    "re.* sre.* sre_compile.* sre_constants* sre_parse.*" ) # _sre is builtin
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-readline", "Python readline support", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/readline.so rlcompleter.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-resource", "Python resource control interface", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/resource.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-shell", "Python shell-like functionality", "${PN}-core ${PN}-re",
+    "cmd.* commands.* dircache.* fnmatch.* glob.* popen2.* shlex.* shutil.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-robotparser", "Python robots.txt parser", "${PN}-core ${PN}-netclient",
+    "robotparser.*")
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-subprocess", "Python subprocess support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io ${PN}-re ${PN}-fcntl ${PN}-pickle",
+    "subprocess.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-sqlite3", "Python Sqlite3 database support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-datetime ${PN}-lang ${PN}-crypt ${PN}-io ${PN}-threading ${PN}-zlib",
+    "lib-dynload/_sqlite3.so sqlite3/dbapi2.* sqlite3/__init__.* sqlite3/dump.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-sqlite3-tests", "Python Sqlite3 database support tests", "${PN}-core ${PN}-sqlite3",
+    "sqlite3/test" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-stringold", "Python string APIs [deprecated]", "${PN}-core ${PN}-re",
+    "lib-dynload/strop.so string.* stringold.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-syslog", "Python syslog interface", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/syslog.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-terminal", "Python terminal controlling support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-io",
+    "pty.* tty.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-tests", "Python tests", "${PN}-core",
+    "test" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-threading", "Python threading & synchronization support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-lang",
+    "_threading_local.* dummy_thread.* dummy_threading.* mutex.* threading.* Queue.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-tkinter", "Python Tcl/Tk bindings", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/_tkinter.so lib-tk" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-unittest", "Python unit testing framework", "${PN}-core ${PN}-stringold ${PN}-lang ${PN}-io ${PN}-difflib ${PN}-pprint ${PN}-shell",
+    "unittest/" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-unixadmin", "Python Unix administration support", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/nis.so lib-dynload/grp.so lib-dynload/pwd.so getpass.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-xml", "Python basic XML support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-elementtree ${PN}-re",
+    "lib-dynload/pyexpat.so xml xmllib.*" ) # package
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-xmlrpc", "Python XML-RPC support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-xml ${PN}-netserver ${PN}-lang",
+    "xmlrpclib.* SimpleXMLRPCServer.* DocXMLRPCServer.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-zlib", "Python zlib compression support", "${PN}-core",
+    "lib-dynload/zlib.so" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-mailbox", "Python mailbox format support", "${PN}-core ${PN}-mime",
+    "mailbox.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-argparse", "Python command line argument parser", "${PN}-core ${PN}-codecs ${PN}-textutils",
+    "argparse.*" )
+
+    m.addPackage( "${PN}-contextlib", "Python utilities for with-statement" +
+    "contexts.", "${PN}-core",
+    "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/contextlib.*" )
+
+    m.make()