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+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl, gettext }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "5.2.10";
+  name = "whois-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rfc1036";
+    repo = "whois";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0fqxbys3ssyplh70wjs83jsljqhmrnjic02ayaznw9m9l6fzhkkr";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl gettext ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    for i in Makefile po/Makefile; do
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace "prefix = /usr" "prefix = $out"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = "make whois";
+
+  installPhase = "make install-whois";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Intelligent WHOIS client from Debian";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This package provides a commandline client for the WHOIS (RFC 3912)
+      protocol, which queries online servers for information such as contact
+      details for domains and IP address assignments. It can intelligently
+      select the appropriate WHOIS server for most queries.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://packages.qa.debian.org/w/whois.html;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}