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+{stdenv, fetchurl, cpio}:
+
+# The NCBI package only builds on 32bits - on 64bits it breaks because
+# of position dependent code. Debian packagers have written replacement
+# make files(!). Either we use these, or negotiate a version which can
+# be pushed upstream to NCBI.
+#
+# Another note: you may want the older and deprecated C-libs at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/2008/Mar_17_2008/NCBI_C_Toolkit/ncbi_c--Mar_17_2008.tar.gz
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ncbi_tools";
+  ncbi_version = "Dec_31_2008";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/2008/${ncbi_version}/ncbi_cxx--${ncbi_version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1b2v0dcdqn3bysgdkj57sxmd6s0hc9wpnxssviz399g6plhxggbr";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ 
+    "--without-debug"
+    "--with-bin-release"
+    "--with-dll"
+    "--without-static"
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [ cpio ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = ''NCBI Bioinformatics toolbox (incl. BLAST)'';
+    longDescription = ''The NCBI Bioinformatics toolsbox, including command-line utilties, libraries and include files. No X11 support'';
+    homepage = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/; 
+    license = "GPL";
+    priority = 5;   # zlib.so gives a conflict with zlib
+    broken = true;
+  };
+}