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+{ cabal, editline } :
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "editline";
+  version = "0.2";
+  sha256 = "6ee0b553cc8d7542c096730ceebabdcb9b2951d7b00a5a0ddbf47b5436a77ce4";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ editline ];
+  patchLibFiles = [ "editline.buildinfo.in" ];
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e '/el_get/d' include/HsEditline.h
+  '';
+  # I don't quite understand why ncurses as an extra-library is harmful, but
+  # it works only if we remove it ...
+  postConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e 's/ncurses//' editline.buildinfo
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "Binding to the BSD editline library";
+  };
+})  
+