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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bison-2.6.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "8640d5b51aad462db6863711f333a9159836853e0b1e79fdef708c6efb5cd52b";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck perl;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ m4 ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  # M4 = "${m4}/bin/m4";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/";
+    description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator";
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an
+      annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for
+      that grammar.  Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use
+      it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used
+      in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages.
+
+      Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc
+      grammars ought to work with Bison with no change.  Anyone
+      familiar with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little
+      trouble.  You need to be fluent in C or C++ programming in order
+      to use Bison.
+    '';
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+
+  passthru = { glrSupport = true; };
+}