diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix
index 8551510b476c..d59c5894836d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.cc.isClang {
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
+      "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"
+      "-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types"
+    ];
+  };
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix
index 10f3fa161f73..0321b24de321 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,67 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, motif, ncurses, libX11, libXt}:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  imagemagick,
+  desktopToDarwinBundle,
+  motif,
+  ncurses,
+  libX11,
+  libXt,
+  gdb,
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ddd";
-  version = "3.3.12";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0p5nx387857w3v2jbgvps2p6mlm0chajcdw5sfrddcglsxkwvmis";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [motif ncurses libX11 libXt];
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-x" ];
+  version = "3.4.0";
 
-  patches = [
-    # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504868
-    ./gcc44.patch
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/ddd/ddd-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-XUy8iguwRYVDhm1nkwjFOj7wZuQC/loZGOGWmKPTWA8=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace ddd/Ddd.in \
+      --replace-fail 'debuggerCommand:' 'debuggerCommand: ${gdb}/bin/gdb'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ imagemagick ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ desktopToDarwinBundle ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    motif
+    ncurses
+    libX11
+    libXt
   ];
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
+  # ioctl is not found without this flag. fixed in next release
+  # Upstream issue ref: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?64188
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isDarwin { NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H"; };
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-builtin-manual"
+    "--enable-builtin-app-defaults"
+  ];
+
+  # From MacPorts: make will build the executable "ddd" and the X resource
+  # file "Ddd" in the same directory, as HFS+ is case-insensitive by default
+  # this will loosely FAIL
+  makeFlags = [ "EXEEXT=exe" ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    install -D icons/ddd.xpm $out/share/pixmaps/ddd.xpm
+    mv $out/bin/dddexe $out/bin/ddd
+    convert icons/ddd.xbm ddd.png
+    install -D ddd.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ddd.png
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd";
+    changelog = "https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/news.html";
     description = "Graphical front-end for command-line debuggers";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "ddd";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ emilytrau ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/gcc44.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/gcc44.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c4e4004b12e0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ddd/gcc44.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504868
---- a/ddd/strclass.C~ 2008-11-07 17:57:13.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/ddd/strclass.C  2008-11-07 17:57:27.000000000 +0000
-@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
- #include <ctype.h>
- #include <limits.h>
- #include <new>
-+#include <cstdio>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- 
- void string::error(const char* msg) const