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+{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gnulib-20180226";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnulib.git";
+    rev = "0bec5d56c6938c2f28417bb5fd1c4b05ea2e7d28";
+    sha256 = "0sifr3bkmhyr5s6ljgfyr0fw6w49ajf11rlp1r797f3r3r6j9w4k";
+  };
+
+  dontFixup = true;
+  # no "make install", gnulib is a collection of source code
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out; mv * $out/
+    ln -s $out/lib $out/include
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ln -s $out/gnulib-tool $out/bin/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/;
+    description = "Central location for code to be shared among GNU packages";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}