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-rw-r--r--guix/build/utils.scm7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
index e7782d3e08..3beb7da67a 100644
--- a/guix/build/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
@@ -631,8 +631,11 @@ FILE must be a string like \"bin/sh\". If FILE is not found, an exception is
 raised."
   (match inputs
     (((_ . directories) ...)
-     (or (search-path directories file)
-         (raise (condition (&search-error (path directories) (file file))))))))
+     ;; Accept both "bin/sh" and "/bin/sh" as FILE argument.
+     (let ((file (string-trim file #\/)))
+       (or (search-path directories file)
+           (raise
+            (condition (&search-error (path directories) (file file)))))))))
 
 (define (search-input-directory inputs directory)
   "Find a sub-directory named DIRECTORY among the INPUTS and return its