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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/patches/erlang-man-path.patch | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/erlang-man-path.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/erlang-man-path.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..68fc9f45b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/erlang-man-path.patch @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Patch originally from https://sources.debian.net/patches/erlang/1:20.0.1%2Bdfsg-2/man.patch/ +by Francois-Denis Gonthier <neumann@lostwebsite.net>. + +Patch description rewritten for Guix. + +This patch allows access to the man page with the 'erl -man' command +(Erlang manual pages are placed to /gnu/store/..erlang../share/man/ hierarchy +as other man pages.) + +--- a/erts/etc/common/erlexec.c ++++ b/erts/etc/common/erlexec.c +@@ -709,8 +709,10 @@ + error("-man not supported on Windows"); + #else + argv[i] = "man"; +- erts_snprintf(tmpStr, sizeof(tmpStr), "%s/man", rootdir); +- set_env("MANPATH", tmpStr); ++ /* ++ * Conform to erlang-manpages content. ++ */ ++ putenv(strsave("MANSECT=1:3:5:7")); + execvp("man", argv+i); + error("Could not execute the 'man' command."); + #endif |