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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix
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+{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "nvi-1.79";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls =
+      [ "ftp://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/cpan/src/misc/nvi-1.79.tar.gz"
+        "ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN/src/misc/nvi-1.79.tar.gz"
+        "ftp://ftp.free.fr/.mirrors1/ftp.netbsd.org/packages/distfiles/nvi-1.79.tar.gz"
+      ];
+    sha256 = "0cvf56rbylz7ksny6g2256sjg8yrsxrmbpk82r64rhi53sm8fnvm";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  # nvi tries to write to a usual tmp directory (/var/tmp),
+  # so we will force it to use /tmp.
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i build/configure \
+      -e s@vi_cv_path_preserve=no@vi_cv_path_preserve=/tmp/vi.recover@ \
+      -e s@/var/tmp@@ \
+      -e s@-lcurses@-lncurses@
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    mkdir mybuild
+    cd mybuild
+    ../build/configure --prefix=$out --disable-curses
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/vi/catalog
+    for a in dutch english french german ru_SU.KOI8-R spanish swedish; do
+      cp ../catalog/$a $out/share/vi/catalog
+    done
+    cp nvi $out/bin/nvi
+    ln -s $out/bin/nvi $out/bin/vi
+    ln -s $out/bin/nvi $out/bin/ex
+    ln -s $out/bin/nvi $out/bin/view
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
+    cp ../docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1 $out/share/man/man1/nvi.1
+    ln -s $out/share/man/man1/nvi.1 $out/share/man/man1/vi
+    ln -s $out/share/man/man1/nvi.1 $out/share/man/man1/ex
+    ln -s $out/share/man/man1/nvi.1 $out/share/man/man1/view
+    ln -s $out/bin/{,vi-}nvi # create a symlink so that all vi(m) users will find it
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.bostic.com/vi/";
+    description = "The Berkeley Vi Editor";
+    license = lib.licenses.free;
+    broken = true; # since 2020-02-08
+  };
+}