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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyBackportsEntryPointsSelectable(PythonPackage):
+    """Compatibility shim providing selectable entry points for older implementations"""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/backports.entry_points_selectable"
+    pypi     = "backports.entry_points_selectable/backports.entry_points_selectable-1.1.0.tar.gz"
+
+    maintainers = ['iarspider']
+
+    version('1.1.0', sha256='988468260ec1c196dab6ae1149260e2f5472c9110334e5d51adcb77867361f6a')
+
+    depends_on('python@2.7:2.7.999,3.0:3.10', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-importlib-metadata@:3.8', type='build')