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+{ version, sha256 }:
+
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, xz
+
+# we are a dependency of gcc, this simplifies bootstraping
+, interactive ? false, ncurses, procps
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "texinfo-${optionalString interactive "interactive-"}${version}";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/texinfo/texinfo-${version}.tar.xz";
+    inherit sha256;
+  };
+
+  # We need a native compiler to build perl XS extensions
+  # when cross-compiling.
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc perl ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ xz.bin ]
+    ++ optionals stdenv.isSunOS [ libiconv gawk ]
+    ++ optionals interactive [ ncurses procps ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "PERL=${buildPackages.perl}/bin/perl" ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS "AWK=${gawk}/bin/awk";
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    installFlags="TEXMF=$out/texmf-dist";
+    installTargets="install install-tex";
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = interactive
+    && !stdenv.isDarwin
+    && !stdenv.isSunOS; # flaky
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/;
+    description = "The GNU documentation system";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra oxij ];
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project.
+      It was invented by Richard Stallman and Bob Chassell many years
+      ago, loosely based on Brian Reid's Scribe and other formatting
+      languages of the time.  It is used by many non-GNU projects as
+      well.
+
+      Texinfo uses a single source file to produce output in a number
+      of formats, both online and printed (dvi, html, info, pdf, xml,
+      etc.).  This means that instead of writing different documents
+      for online information and another for a printed manual, you
+      need write only one document.  And when the work is revised, you
+      need revise only that one document.  The Texinfo system is
+      well-integrated with GNU Emacs.
+    '';
+    branch = version;
+  };
+}