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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/5.x.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/5.x.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "readline-5.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnu/readline/readline-5.2.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0icz4hqqq8mlkwrpczyaha94kns0am9z0mh3a2913kg2msb8vs0j";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ncurses];
+
+  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./shobj-darwin.patch;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    branch = "5";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}