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diff --git a/corepkgs/fetchurl.nix b/corepkgs/fetchurl.nix
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+with import <nix/config.nix>;
+
+{system ? builtins.currentSystem, url, outputHash ? "", outputHashAlgo ? "", md5 ? "", sha1 ? "", sha256 ? ""}:
+
+assert (outputHash != "" && outputHashAlgo != "")
+    || md5 != "" || sha1 != "" || sha256 != "";
+
+let
+
+  builder = builtins.toFile "fetchurl.sh"
+    ''
+      echo "downloading $url into $out"
+      ${curl} --fail --location --max-redirs 20 --insecure "$url" > "$out"
+    '';
+
+in
+    
+derivation {
+  name = baseNameOf (toString url);
+  builder = shell;
+  args = [ "-e" builder ];
+
+  # New-style output content requirements.
+  outputHashAlgo = if outputHashAlgo != "" then outputHashAlgo else
+      if sha256 != "" then "sha256" else if sha1 != "" then "sha1" else "md5";
+  outputHash = if outputHash != "" then outputHash else
+      if sha256 != "" then sha256 else if sha1 != "" then sha1 else md5;
+  
+  inherit system url;
+
+  # No need to double the amount of network traffic
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+  # Don't build in a chroot because Nix's dependencies may not be there.
+  __noChroot = true;
+}