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+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, dpkg
+, jdk
+, makeWrapper
+, maven
+, which
+}:
+let
+  pname = "jnr-posix";
+  version = "3.1.18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jnr";
+    repo = "jnr-posix";
+    rev = "jnr-posix-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-zx8I9rsu9Kjef+LatDA1WIuO7Vgo0/JM5nGi3pSWch4=";
+  };
+
+  deps = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}-deps";
+    inherit src;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ jdk maven ];
+
+    buildPhase = ''
+      runHook preBuild
+
+      mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.repo.local=$out/.m2 -Dmaven.wagon.rto=5000
+
+      runHook postBuild
+    '';
+
+    # keep only *.{pom,jar,sha1,nbm} and delete all ephemeral files with lastModified timestamps inside
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
+      find $out/.m2 -type f -regex '.+\(\.lastUpdated\|resolver-status\.properties\|_remote\.repositories\)' -delete
+      find $out/.m2 -type f -iname '*.pom' -exec sed -i -e 's/\r\+$//' {} \;
+
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+
+    outputHashMode = "recursive";
+    outputHash = "sha256-gOw0KUFyZEMONwLwlHSiV+ZZ7JQhjZwg708Q1IciUfo=";
+
+    doCheck = false;
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit version pname src;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ maven which ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "s/\/usr\/bin\/id/$(which id | sed 's#/#\\/#g')/g" src/main/java/jnr/posix/JavaPOSIX.java
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    mvn package --offline -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.repo.local=$(cp -dpR ${deps}/.m2 ./ && chmod +w -R .m2 && pwd)/.m2
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -D target/${pname}-${version}.jar $out/share/java/${pname}-${version}.jar
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "jnr-posix is a lightweight cross-platform POSIX emulation layer for Java, written in Java and is part of the JNR project";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jnr/jnr-posix";
+    license = with licenses; [ epl20 gpl2Only lgpl21Only ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rhysmdnz ];
+  };
+}