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diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, recode }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "fortune-mod_1.99.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fortune-mod/fortune-mod_1.99.1.orig.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1kpa2hgbglj5dbfasvl9wc1q3xpl91mqn3sfby46r4rwyzhswlgw";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [recode];
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i "s|/usr/|$out/|" Makefile 
+  '';
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s $out/games/fortune $out/bin/fortune
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "fortune is a simple program that displays a pseudorandom message from a database of quotations that first appeared in Version 7 Unix.";
+  };
+}