diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-ConfigArgParse/template b/srcpkgs/python-ConfigArgParse/template
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+# Template file for 'python-ConfigArgParse'
+pkgname=python-ConfigArgParse
+version=0.12.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="ConfigArgParse-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+noarch=yes
+pycompile_module="configargparse.py"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+short_desc="A drop-in replacement for argparse"
+maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/bw2/ConfigArgParse"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/C/ConfigArgParse/ConfigArgParse-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=28cd7d67669651f2a4518367838c49539457504584a139709b2b8f6c208ef339
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+python3-ConfigArgParse_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	pycompile_module="configargparse.py"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vlicense LICENSE
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-ConfigArgParse b/srcpkgs/python3-ConfigArgParse
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+python-ConfigArgParse
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