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+# This easyconfig was created by the BEAR Software team at the University of Birmingham.
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'SCons'
+version = '4.4.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.scons.org/'
+description = "SCons is a software construction tool."
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+# osdependencies = [('python-devel', 'python-dev')]
+
+# allow use of system Python
+allow_system_deps = [('Python', SYS_PYTHON_VERSION)]
+
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['3d43b2303a924816ea0e1b345ff04c9b3e27b53eadf0f26012fc0c29b019685f']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.38')]
+
+download_dep_fail = True
+use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/scons', 'bin/sconsign'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+# no Python module to import during sanity check
+options = {'modulename': False}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'