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+# copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates.                          #
+# All rights reserved.                                                         #
+#                                                                              #
+# This source code and the accompanying materials are made available under     #
+# the terms of the Apache License 2.0 which accompanies this distribution.     #
+# ============================================================================ #
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# This script is used to patch the cudaq pypi published packages. For now,
+# it is anticipated that one would use this script as a reference and update the
+# MODIFY_ME{1,2,3} sections before using it.
+
+# Note: you may need to run "python3 -m pip install -U wheel" first.
+
+# MODIFY_ME1 - review and modify the following variables
+PACKAGE_NAME=cudaq
+ORIG_VER=0.12.0
+NEW_VER=0.12.0.post1
+
+# Ensure required commands are available
+missing=()
+
+for cmd in curl jq python3 wget; do
+  if ! command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    missing+=("$cmd")
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ ${#missing[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "[ERROR] the following required commands are missing:"
+  echo "  - ${missing[*]}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make a temporary directory to work in
+TMP_DIR="/tmp/cudaq-scratch"
+mkdir -p ${TMP_DIR}
+echo "Building TMP_DIR in $TMP_DIR"
+echo "Using temporary directory: $TMP_DIR"
+mkdir -p wheels_new
+
+# Be sure to clean up the temporary directory on exit
+trap "rm -rf $TMP_DIR" EXIT
+
+### ------------------------------------------------- ###
+# Update cudaq metapackage
+CUDAQ_METAPACKAGE_ORIG="wheels_orig_${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+echo "Downloading the original cudaq wheels into ${CUDAQ_METAPACKAGE_ORIG}..."
+mkdir -p ${CUDAQ_METAPACKAGE_ORIG} && \
+curl -fsSL "https://pypi.org/pypi/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${ORIG_VER}/json" \
+| jq -r '.urls[] | select(.packagetype=="sdist") | .url' \
+| xargs -n1 -P4 -I{} wget -c -P ${CUDAQ_METAPACKAGE_ORIG} {}
+
+tar -xvzf ${CUDAQ_METAPACKAGE_ORIG}/*.tar.gz -C ${TMP_DIR}
+echo ${NEW_VER} > ${TMP_DIR}/*/_version.txt
+cd ${TMP_DIR}/*/
+
+# MODIFY_ME2 - review and modify the source code here
+sed -i 's/elif cuda_version < 13000:/elif cuda_version <= 13000:/' setup.py
+
+CUDAQ_META_WHEEL_BUILD=1 python3 -m build . --sdist
+cd -
+
+mv -v ${TMP_DIR}/*/dist/cudaq-*.tar.gz wheels_new
+
+# upload cudaq metapackage with:
+# python3 -m twine upload --repository testpypi wheels_new/*/dist/cudaq-0.12.0.post2.tar.gz --verbose
+
+
+### ------------------------------------------------- ###
+# modify cuda-quantum-cu* packages
+
+# cuda-quantum-cu* ships actual wheels, so we need to modify them
+for package in cuda-quantum-cu12 cuda-quantum-cu11; do
+  PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER="${package//-/_}"
+  orig_dir=wheels_orig_${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}
+
+  # download wheels for this dist/version
+  curl -fsSL "https://pypi.org/pypi/${package}/${ORIG_VER}/json" \
+    | jq -r '.urls[] | select(.packagetype=="bdist_wheel") | .url' \
+    | xargs -n1 -P4 -I{} wget -c -P "$orig_dir" {}
+
+  for f in ${orig_dir}/*.whl; do
+    python3 -m wheel unpack $f -d $TMP_DIR
+
+    # --- Begin modifications
+    # Update the version
+    sed -i "s/^Version: ${ORIG_VER}/Version: ${NEW_VER}/" $TMP_DIR/${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${ORIG_VER}/${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${ORIG_VER}.dist-info/METADATA
+    # MODIFY_ME3 - review and modify the METADATA file here
+    # ...
+    # --- End modifications
+
+    # Re-package into a new whl file now
+    cd $TMP_DIR
+    mv ${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${ORIG_VER}/${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${ORIG_VER}.dist-info ${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${ORIG_VER}/${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${NEW_VER}.dist-info
+    python3 -m wheel pack ${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${ORIG_VER} -d .
+    cd -
+    mv $TMP_DIR/${PACKAGE_NAME_UNDER}-${NEW_VER}*.whl wheels_new
+    rm -rf $TMP_DIR
+  done
+done
+
+# python3 -m twine upload --repository testpypi wheels_new/* --verbose