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+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "editline-${version}";
+  version = "1.16.0";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "troglobit";
+    repo = "editline";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0a751dp34mk9hwv59ss447csknpm5i5cgd607m3fqf24rszyhbf2";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # will be in 1.17.0
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "redisplay-clear-screen.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/troglobit/editline/commit/a4b67d226829a55bc8501f36708d5e104a52fbe4.patch";
+      sha256 = "0dbgdqxa4x9wgr9kx89ql74np4qq6fzdbph9j9c65ns3gnaanjkw";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "doc" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://troglobit.com/editline.html;
+    description = "A readline() replacement for UNIX without termcap (ncurses)";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}