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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-08-27 11:00:11 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-08-28 09:21:06 +0200
commit2f0556ae5e9a920d39647910b7350e34d300bf35 (patch)
tree3bb1e73fc8d4053bdac8028299382ccfbc41e0ad
parent384de55233d6c37a3dfc3dda586594f1b1a5f451 (diff)
downloadguix-2f0556ae5e9a920d39647910b7350e34d300bf35.tar.gz
profiles: Add gzip to $PATH before invoking 'install-info'.
* guix/profiles.scm (info-dir-file)[gzip]: New variable.
  [build]: Add 'setenv' call.
-rw-r--r--guix/profiles.scm10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index a2c73fd4cd..55c3b6e768 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -376,10 +376,11 @@ or
 (define (info-dir-file manifest)
   "Return a derivation that builds the 'dir' file for all the entries of
 MANIFEST."
-  (define texinfo
-    ;; Lazy reference.
-    (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages texinfo))
-                'texinfo))
+  (define texinfo                                 ;lazy reference
+    (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages texinfo)) 'texinfo))
+  (define gzip                                    ;lazy reference
+    (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages compression)) 'gzip))
+
   (define build
     #~(begin
         (use-modules (guix build utils)
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ MANIFEST."
                  (or (scandir infodir info-file?) '()))))
 
         (define (install-info info)
+          (setenv "PATH" (string-append #+gzip "/bin")) ;for info.gz files
           (zero?
            (system* (string-append #+texinfo "/bin/install-info")
                     info (string-append #$output "/share/info/dir"))))