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+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "perl-5.10.0";
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.10.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0bivbz15x02m02gqs6hs77cgjr2msfrhnvp5xqk359jg6w6llill";
+  };
+
+  # This patch does the following:
+  # 1) Do use the PATH environment variable to find the `pwd' command.
+  #    By default, Perl will only look for it in /lib and /usr/lib.
+  #    !!! what are the security implications of this?
+  # 2) Force the use of <errno.h>, not /usr/include/errno.h, on Linux
+  #    systems.  (This actually appears to be due to a bug in Perl.)
+  patches = [./no-sys-dirs.patch];
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+}