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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+sub USAGE {
+	<<"__EOF__";
+usage: $0 package version
+
+eg: $0 pyparsing 2.1.10
+
+This only works for pypi ( https://pypi.python.org/pypi ) packages
+
+__EOF__
+}
+
+@ARGV==2 or die USAGE;
+my ($package,$version)=@ARGV;
+
+$package=lc $package;
+
+my $beefile="python-$package.be0";
+
+my $c=substr($package,0,1);
+
+-e $beefile and die "$beefile: exists\n";
+
+open my $bee,'>',$beefile or die "$beefile: $!\n";
+print $bee <<"__EOF__";
+#!/bin/env beesh
+
+# BEE_VERSION python-$package-$version-0
+
+# https://pypi.python.org/pypi/$package
+
+SRCURL[0]="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/$c/$package/$package-$version.tar.gz"
+
+BEE_CONFIGURE=none
+
+build_in_sourcedir
+
+B=\${S}
+
+mee_build() {
+    python setup.py build
+}
+
+mee_install() {
+    python setup.py install --root=\${D}
+}
+
+__EOF__
+close $bee;
+system 'chmod','+x',$beefile and exit 1;
+warn "created $beefile\n";