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+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , gmp, bison, perl, autoconf, ncurses, readline
+  , coreutils
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="Singular";
+    version="3-1-2";
+    revision="-1";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}${revision}";
+    url="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/SOURCES/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="04f9i1xar0r7qrrbfki1h9rrmx5y2xg4w7rrvlbx05v2dy6s8djv";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doFixPaths" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+  doFixPaths = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    find . -exec sed -e 's@/bin/rm@${a.coreutils}&@g' -i '{}' ';'
+    find . -exec sed -e 's@/bin/uname@${a.coreutils}&@g' -i '{}' ';'
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "A CAS for polynomial computations";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+    license = "GPLv3"; # Or GPLv2 at your option - but not GPLv4
+    homepage = "http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/index.php";
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/SOURCES/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+