diff --git a/component/libedit/buildout.cfg b/component/libedit/buildout.cfg
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+[buildout]
+extends =
+  ../ncurses/buildout.cfg
+
+parts = 
+  libedit
+
+[libedit]
+<= libedit-20100424-3.0
+
+[libedit-20100424-3.0]
+recipe = hexagonit.recipe.cmmi
+url = http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20100424-3.0.tar.gz
+md5sum = eb4482139525beff12c8ef59f1a84aae
+environment =
+  PATH=${ncurses:location}/lib:%(PATH)s
+  CPPFLAGS=-I${ncurses:location}/include
+  LDFLAGS=-L${ncurses:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath=${ncurses:location}/lib