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+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, gdbm # ndbm.h for dupemap binary
+, perl
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "magicrescue";
+  version = "1.1.10-unstable-2021-09-12";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jbj";
+    repo = "magicrescue";
+    rev = "d9a57931d437674009bfd2f98451b3d71058eade";
+    hash = "sha256-jVBzsa39TQjeDZ4zuXn3UA+4WectjNRwPNb1AkLuIbg=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Add PERL as processor for file.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/magicrescue/-/raw/6331d088a159ae21ad4ab5f18b9bf892ebe18ce3/debian/patches/020_add-Perl-preprocessor.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-XX3Rlv/qKB2y/csuaPiliv4cu9KKHNpG/E88VSVP0sg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gdbm
+    perl
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Find and recover deleted files on block devices";
+    mainProgram = "magicrescue";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jbj/magicrescue";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ d3vil0p3r ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}