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+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2018 Joshua Sierles, Nextjournal <joshua@nextjournal.com>
;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
;;; Copyright © 2019 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -2110,3 +2111,32 @@ at run time, and must be installed separately.")
archives generated by @command{makeself} or @command{mojo} without running the
possibly untrusted extraction shell script.")
(license license:gpl3+))))
+
+(define-public ncompress
+ (package
+ (name "ncompress")
+ (version "4.2.4.5")
+ (source (origin
+ (method git-fetch)
+ (uri (git-reference
+ (url "https://github.com/vapier/ncompress")
+ (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+ (patches (search-patches "ncompress-fix-softlinks.patch"))
+ (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0s3ik7k5a5vzcfiayhsxrc87drg3l425aqapspmw5py91b9jhc8r"))))
+ (arguments
+ '(#:make-flags (list "CC=gcc"
+ (string-append "BINDIR=" %output "/bin")
+ (string-append "MANDIR=" %output "/share/man/man1"))
+ #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (delete 'configure))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (home-page "https://github.com/vapier/ncompress/")
+ (synopsis "Original Lempel-Ziv compress/uncompress programs")
+ (description "(N)compress provides the original compress and uncompress
+programs that used to be the de facto UNIX standard for compressing and
+uncompressing files. These programs implement a fast, simple Lempel-Ziv (LZW)
+file compression algorithm.")
+ (license license:gpl2+)))