diff --git a/pkgs/fetchsvn/fetchsvn.fix b/pkgs/fetchsvn/fetchsvn.fix
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+++ b/pkgs/fetchsvn/fetchsvn.fix
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+Function(["name","url","rev"],
+  Package(
+    [ ("name",  Var("name"))
+    , ("build", Relative("fetchsvn/fetchsvn.sh"))
+    , ("url",   Var("url"))
+    , ("rev",   Var("rev"))
+    ]
+  )
+)
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diff --git a/pkgs/fetchsvn/fetchsvn.sh b/pkgs/fetchsvn/fetchsvn.sh
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index 000000000000..8185d3e09285
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+++ b/pkgs/fetchsvn/fetchsvn.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+echo "exporting svn repository $url (at rev $rev) into $out..."
+
+svn export -r $rev $url $out || exit 1
+