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+SUMMARY = "Universal encoding detector for Python 2 and 3"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a6f89e2100d9b6cdffcea4f398e37343"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0d6f53a15db4120f2b08c94f11e7d93d2c911ee118b6b30a04ec3ee8310179fa"
+
+# setup.py of chardet needs this.
+DEPENDS += "${PYTHON_PN}-pytest-runner-native"
+
+inherit pypi setuptools3
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-cli"
+FILES:${PN}-cli += " \
+ ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/chardet/cli \
+"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-cli = "${PN} "
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:class-target += " \
+ ${PYTHON_PN}-logging \
+"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"