diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = []
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "bitbake"
+version = "2.19.0"
+
+[tool.vendoring]
+destination = "lib/bb/_vendor"
+requirements = "vendor.txt"
+namespace = "bb._vendor"
+patches-dir = "vendor/patches"
+
+[tool.vendoring.license.directories]
+ply = "vendor/licenses/ply/LICENSE"
+
+[tool.vendoring.license.fallback-urls]
+ply = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dabeaz/ply/refs/heads/master/src/ply/lex.py"
diff --git a/vendor.txt b/vendor.txt
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+beautifulsoup4==4.15.0
+ply==3.10
+progressbar==2.5
+simplediff==1.1