diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+setuptools-0.6a8.zip
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4512f3
--- /dev/null
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+%{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+%{!?pyver: %define pyver %(%{__python} -c "import sys ; print sys.version[:3]")}
+
+Name:           python-setuptools
+Version:        0.6a8
+Release:        1
+Summary:        Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
+
+Group:          Development/Languages
+License:        PSFL/ZPL
+URL:            http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
+Source0:        http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-%{version}.zip
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python-devel
+Requires:       python-abi = %{pyver}
+
+%description
+setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow
+you to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that
+have dependencies on other packages.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n setuptools-%{version}
+sed -i '1s@#!python@#!/usr/bin/python@' easy_install.py
+
+%build
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python} setup.py build
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib} -name \*.py -exec grep -q '^#!' {} \; -print | while read file ; do sed -i '1d' $file ; done
+#find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib} -name \*.py -exec grep -q '^#!' {} \; | while read file ; do grep -q '^#!' $file && sed -i '1d' $file ; done
+echo "setuptools-%{version}-py%{pyver}.egg" > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib}/setuptools.pth
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc api_tests.txt EasyInstall.txt pkg_resources.txt setuptools.txt
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{python_sitelib}/setuptools.pth
+%{python_sitelib}/setuptools-%{version}-py%{pyver}.egg
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Dec 24 2005 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez@ivazquez.net> 0.6a8-1
+- Initial RPM release
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..3240643 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
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+3eecdf66c1a2cf8a6556bc00b69d572a  setuptools-0.6a8.zip