args: with args;
stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "ttf-mkfontdir-3.0.9-5.1";

  src = fetchurl {
      url = http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/ttmkfdir/ttmkfdir_3.0.9.orig.tar.gz;
      sha256 = "0n6bmmndmp4c1myisvv7cby559gzgvwsw4rfw065a3f92m87jxiq";
    };
  # all the patches up from ttmkfdir-3.0.9/Makefile should be reviewed by someone
  # who knows more about C/C++ ..
  patches = [ 
    
    (fetchurl {
      url = http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/ttmkfdir/ttmkfdir_3.0.9-5.1.diff.gz;
      sha256 = "1500kwvhxfq85zg7nwnn9dlvjxyg2ni7as17gdfm67pl9a45q3w4";
    })
    
    ./cstring.patch /* also fixes some other compilation issues (freetype includes) */ ];

  preInstall = ''
    ensureDir $out; makeFlags="DESTDIR=$out BINDIR=/bin"
  '';

  buildInputs = [freetype fontconfig libunwind libtool flex bison];

  meta = {
    description = "Create fonts.dir for TTF font directory.";
  };
}