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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Vinay Sajip.
+# Licensed to the Python Software Foundation under a contributor agreement.
+# See LICENSE.txt and CONTRIBUTORS.txt.
+#
+
+import setuptools
+import distutils.core
+from os.path import join, dirname
+
+import distlib
+
+
+class TestCommand(distutils.core.Command):
+    user_options = []
+
+    def run(self):
+        import sys
+
+        sys.path.append(join(dirname(__file__), 'tests'))
+        import test_all
+        sys.exit(test_all.main())
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        pass
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        pass
+
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name='distlib',
+    version=distlib.__version__,
+    author='Vinay Sajip',
+    author_email='vinay_sajip@red-dove.com',
+    url='https://bitbucket.org/pypa/distlib',
+    download_url=('https://bitbucket.org/pypa/distlib/downloads/'
+                  'distlib-' + distlib.__version__ + '.zip'),
+    description='Distribution utilities',
+    long_description=('Low-level components of distutils2/packaging, '
+                      'augmented with higher-level APIs for making packaging easier.'),
+    license='Python license',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+        'Environment :: Console',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+    ],
+    platforms='any',
+    packages=[
+        'distlib'
+    ],
+    package_data={
+        'distlib': ['t32.exe', 't64.exe', 'w32.exe', 'w64.exe',
+                    't64-arm.exe', 'w64-arm.exe'],
+    },
+    cmdclass={
+        'test': TestCommand,
+    },
+)
