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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/docbook.scm5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
index 8efe417054..d0895772f7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ by no means limited to these applications.) This package provides XML DTDs.")
("libxslt" ,libxslt))) ;for xsltproc
(arguments
`(#:python ,python-2 ;'print' syntax
+ ;; XXX: Disable usage of setuptools, even though it is supported.
+ ;; This causes an invalid "package_base" in out/bin/.dblatex-real
+ ;; due to a missing leading '/'. See this thread for details:
+ ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-12/msg00030.html
+ #:use-setuptools? #f
#:tests? #f ;no 'test' command
#:phases
(alist-cons-after